Suspected Kuki militants ambushed two cars and killed four people, including two women, along the Imphal-Dimapur National Highway in Manipur’s Ukhrul district on Friday afternoon.
The attackers struck at New Haven under the Litan Police Station jurisdiction, an area that borders Myanmar and Nagaland.
Senior police officials immediately led security forces to the site, and Litan Police launched an investigation into the deadly attack.
Local media reports identified the deceased victims as members of the Naga community.
Quoting eyewitnesses, an Imphal police official stated that the armed militants fatally shot the two men and two women on the spot.
Investigators observed multiple bullet marks across the windshields of both targeted vehicles.
Meanwhile, a tribal organisation enforced a shutdown in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district on Friday, closing shops, markets, and businesses to protest a Kuki woman’s death during Thursday’s gunfight.
Commuters faced severe inconvenience as passenger buses and auto-rickshaws stayed off the roads throughout the day.
The Committee on Tribal Unity (COTU) initiated this 48-hour shutdown from midnight on November 12 following clashes near Taphou Kuki village.
Organisers exempted educational institutions, medical facilities, and emergency services from the strike.
COTU demanded the immediate withdrawal of all state and central security forces, specifically those under the Senapati Superintendent of Police, from Kangpokpi’s mountainous regions.
During Thursday’s gun battle near Taphou Kuki and Kailengjang villages, armed groups fatally shot 42-year-old Kimneineng Chongloi and injured two others.
Kuki organisations accused NSCN-IM and ZUF-K cadres of shooting Chongloi while she worked in a paddy field.
Ongoing clashes between Kuki and Naga groups across Manipur’s hill districts have claimed at least 50 lives since February this year.
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