More than 50 people have been killed between the majority Meitei people and the Kuki tribe. Read more at straitstimes.com.
while around 23,000 residents have fled their homes for the safety of ad-hoc army-run camps for the displaced.
The rest of the village suffered a similar fate, its three settlements littered with broken doors, burnt-down water tanks, and forced-open metal trunks. A form of affirmative action to combat structural inequality and discrimination, that classification would give them guaranteed quotas of government jobs and college admissions.
The authorities are concerned there could be more reprisal attacks “as both communities have now accumulated weapons”, an army officer said.
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