Manipur Violence: One police officer killed and ten people injured

On Monday (10 July), one police officer was killed and at least ten people were injured after fierce overnight confrontations in Manipur’s west Kangpokpi district.

There was a little respite between 3 and 6 a.m. (local time), but then the sound of indiscriminate firing from Phayeng and Singda villages could be heard.

The shelling was directed at villages and hills in Kangchup, Kangpokpi district.