'Act of terror’: Pregnant woman among four killed in attacks on Kuki villages in Manipur

Guwahati: Four Kuki villagers were killed and another woman was reported missing after suspected NSCN (IM) and ZUF (K) cadres allegedly carried out two separate attacks in Manipur’s Tamenglong and Noney districts on Sunday.The attacks took place in L Tollen and Longpi villages on a day observed by the Kuki community as ‘Black Day’ to commemorate those killed and displaced during the violence of the 1990s.In the pre-dawn attack on L Tollen village in Tamenglong around 4am, Lhingjangai Singsit, 42, was killed. Her husband, Seikhoneh Singsit, 54, and their six-year-old son sustained gunshot injuries. Seikhoneh later succumbed to his injuries in hospital.At around 3pm, Julie Singson and Roel Gangte, both in their 30s, were killed in a separate attack in Noney’s Longpi village while reportedly collecting essential household items. Another woman from the group is reportedly missing and is feared to have been abducted.