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SAA event in Manipur, Lilong in Thoubal District area, India on Mon 1st January 2024

1st January 2024

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On January 1, unidentified gunmen shot dead four civilians and injured fourteen others in Lilong in Thoubal District of Manipur, reports The Hindu. As per reports, the armed miscreants came wearing Police uniforms in four vehicles and opened fire on people, adds India TodayNE. Lilong is a Meitei Pangal (Meitei Muslim)-dominated locality. This was the first incident of violence not involving tribal communities since ethnic clashes broke out in Manipur on May 3, 2023.Soon after the killings, the local authorities reimposed curfew in Thoubal and the adjoining Imphal East and Imphal West Districts. The relaxation of curfew in two other Imphal Valley districts – Kakching and Bishnupur – was shortened.

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