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Manipur: 6 killed in mortar and gun attacks between two groups

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Imphal, Aug 6: Six people were killed and 16 wounded by gun and mortar fire on Saturday in one of the worst attacks and counterattacks between two groups in the growing ethnic strife in Manipur.

Among the deadliest attacks yet, and the trigger for the day-long mortar and grenade attacks that followed was the pre-fawn killing of three people including a father and son-inside their homes Kwakta area of Bishnupur district.

Security sources suspect the fresh wave of attacks was carried out with the huge cache of automatic and semi-automatic weapons and mortars looted from the armoury of the 2nd India Reserve Battalion HQ at Naranseina in Bishnupur district on Thursday.

Yumnam Pishak Meitei (67), his son Yumnam Premkumar Meitei (39), and a neighbour, Yumnam Jiten Meitei (46), were living in relief camps but had returned on Friday to guard their village, abandoned after villagers fled to camps when violenceIn a simultaneous attack at Terakhongsangbi, in Bishnupur district, one person was killed and three others, including a police commando, suffered gunshot injuries.

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