New violence in Manipur has left two more women dead and several farmhouses burnt, taking the number of people killed in separate attacks in the state over two days to six. The latest attack took place in Tamenglong district on Tuesday, September 15, according to officials and local sources.
Two women, 60-year-old Chonga Sitlhou and 30-year-old Kimboi Singson, were shot dead when they went to an isolated field near Leisangphai village to collect firewood after dark and later died of gunshot wounds. Suspected militants were behind the attack, officials said.
A few makeshift farmhouses in the area were also set on fire.
The latest killings came only two days after four Kuki civilians, including two women, were killed in separate attacks in Tamenglong and Noney districts.
Two Women shot dead in fresh attack
According to local reports, the two women had gone to an isolated field in the interior village of Leisangphai and they were attacked when armed attackers opened fire on them, the officials said.
Chonga Sitlhou and Kimboi Singson were found dead at the site. Their bodies were recovered by villagers after the attack, the residents said.
The attackers also set fire to several kutcha farmhouses. The damage and the people who were reportedly unaccounted for are still under investigation.
And especially in remote areas where security forces find it hard to get to settlements so quickly, violence in Manipur would only increase further.
No group has been officially identified as responsible for Tuesday’s killings. Police are investigating the incident and community organisations have denounced the violence.
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Four People Were Killed Two Days Earlier
The latest deaths followed two separate attacks in Tamenglong and Noney districts on September 13.
At Tollen village in Tamenglong, 46-year-old Lhingzangai Singsit was shot dead in her home. The husband, Seineh Singsit, and their young son were also injured. Seineh later died of his injuries at a hospital in neighbouring Assam.
In another attack at Longpi village, a man and a woman were shot dead. Police said the incident occurred several hours after the Tollen attack. Another woman travelling with them was reported missing, according to reports.
The September 13 attacks resulted in four deaths, including two women, and the latest killings of Chonga Sitlhou and Kimboi Singson bring the total death toll from the two sets of attacks to six.
The violence on 13 September coincided with "Sahnit Ni" (or Black Day) for Kuki people to remember the victims of the Kuki-Naga conflict in the 1990s.
Houses torched, and security concerns rise
Following the killings came reports of retaliatory arson in the area. Four abandoned Naga homes in Khedaghar, Tamenglong district, were set on fire on 13 September, just hours after the four Kuki civilians were killed. The houses were already abandoned by their owners, and they had fled because of security concerns, officials said. No injuries were reported in that arson incident.
The recent incidents underscore the fragile security situation in parts of Manipur, where occasional attacks and retaliatory incidents have continued despite attempts to get back to normalcy.
Manipur Home Minister Govindas Konthoujam said after the killing on September 13 that violence would not be allowed to derail the state’s bid to achieve peace and normalcy. The government is asking for investigations into the attacks and for communities to show restraint.
Community voices have also called for unbiased investigations and action against those involved. The Kaimai Village Authority’s response to the earlier killings of the people in question asked authorities to find the culprits and urged both communities to help identify the perpetrator and to not allow rumours or provocation to lead to more violence to spread and the people in the two communities to be drawn into further violence.
That is not to say the security situation is good in Manipur, where civilians in remote settlements are still vulnerable to armed attacks. Six people died in two days and we hear every day about homes and farm structures being torched, so it is very pressing for the authorities to do things right and establish the truth behind this.
