INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
GUWAHATI: An eight-year-old boy and two teenagers were gravely wounded in an IED explosion near a culvert in Manipur's Bishnupur district on
Wednesday evening, while miscreants fired indiscriminately in at least two villages in Kangpokpi district around the same time as violence
returned to the embattled state after a lull of four days.Security sources said the bomb was brought in an SUV and planted near the culvert
with an aim to damage the important Tiddim road between Kwakta town and Phougakchao Awang Leikai, and impede the movement of the Army and
The explosion left a hole in the road
The wounded boys were taken to a hospital in Moirang
"It was not immediately known how the boy and two teenagers were caught in the blast," a source said.This happened two days after CM N Biren
Singh warned Kuki militants and armed Meitei civilians to end hostilities or face consequences
However, several attacks were carried out the past few days on villages in Kangvai, Phouljang, Gothol and Songdo, which are close to the
spot where the IED explosion happened.Sources said intermittent firing was reported at dusk in the foothills village of Haraothel in
Gunshots were also reported in L Munlai village near Leimakhong in the district
Assam Rifles patrols drove away the gunmen.These villages are close to the tense buffer zone between Imphal valley and the mountains - the
two topographical divisions that define the ethnic clashes in Manipur since May 3.Earlier on June 13, Manipur saw the worst single-day death
count, when nine people, including a 32-year-old woman, were killed in a clash between attackers and villagers at Aigejang village in
More than 100 people have been killed in the conflict so far in the state.
