3 Kuki-Zos killed in Manipur gunfight with Nagas; mass rally halts Imphal
A violent gunfight in Manipur's Noney district resulted in the deaths of three Kuki-Zo individuals, sparking widespread protests across Imphal by Meitei and Naga groups. The protesters demanded the abrogation of the Suspension of Operations (SoO) pact and criticized the government's handling of the ongoing ethnic conflict.
Why it matters
The escalation of violence and the formation of a rare Meitei-Naga protest alliance signal a significant shift in Manipur's complex ethnic conflict, threatening regional stability and the future of the state's security agreements.
GUWAHATI: Three Kuki-Zo persons were killed in a gunfight with Naga groups in Manipur’s Noney district on Saturday, hours before thousands of Meitei and Naga protesters brought Imphal, around 60 km away, to a standstill with a rally against the “Centre’s proxy war using Kuki SoO militant groups.”The killings were reported near 𝐓𝐚𝐣𝐞𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐢𝐩𝐡𝐮𝐧 village in the Rongmei Naga-majority hill district around 9 am.Meanwhile, the death toll in the Oct 19 Sanalok incident has risen to four, after the fourth Meitei woodcutter, Sorokhaibam Ibomcha, succumbed to his injuries at RIMS Hospital on Saturday morning.Kuki Inpi Manipur (KIM) condemned the deaths and alleged that cadres of NSCN-IM and ZUF(K) were behind the “unprovoked assault”.
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