Manipur clashes: What officials say, what groups claim and what is not verified

Officials say: nine people were killed in Kamjong, Ukhrul and Kangpokpi districts on October 9 and 10.

Groups claim: Kuki-Zo organisations blame security forces and a Naga armed group for one killing, while a Naga civil society body blames militants for another.

Not verified: the breakdown of victims differs between reports.

Security: additional forces were sent and an order under Section 163 of the BNSS was imposed in parts of Kamjong.

Government: the Chief Minister appealed for peace and dialogue.

The violence took place on Friday, October 9, and Saturday, October 10, in Kamjong, Ukhrul and Kangpokpi districts, according to Daijiworld and Tmv.

The dead include a woman, according to the reports.

Reports say the violence began on Friday night, when a woman was shot dead in Chassad village in Kamjong district, according to Daijiworld.

Chassad is a Kuki-majority village in a predominantly Naga district, according to the same report.

That killing set off an exchange of fire between Kuki and Naga armed groups that continued on Saturday and left a man dead and about 10 houses burned, according to the reports.

On Saturday, suspected militants killed people in Kangpokpi district’s Tapon and Makui villages, and in Kamjong district’s Ningchou village near the Myanmar border, according to Daijiworld.

A man was also shot dead in a vehicle in Ukhrul district, according to the same report.

Accounts of the victims differ between outlets: one report lists six Nagas, two Kukis and a Gorkha farmer, while another says the dead were from the same family, so the breakdown is not verified.

Kuki-Zo organisations held security forces and a Naga armed group responsible for the death of the woman in Chassad, according to Daijiworld.

A Naga civil society body, the Working Committee JTC Manipur, blamed militants for another killing, according to the same report. These are claims by the groups and have not been independently verified.

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