{"id":31580,"date":"2023-12-05T00:46:07","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T00:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/at-least-13-killed-in-gunfight-in-indias-manipur-the-express-tribune-2\/"},"modified":"2023-12-05T00:46:07","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T00:46:07","slug":"at-least-13-killed-in-gunfight-in-indias-manipur-the-express-tribune-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/at-least-13-killed-in-gunfight-in-indias-manipur-the-express-tribune-2\/","title":{"rendered":"At least 13 killed in gunfight in India’s Manipur | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At least 13 people were killed in a gunfight between two unknown militant groups in India’s restive Manipur state on Monday, a police official said, seven months after ethnic clashes in the border state killed at least 180 people.<\/p>\n

Their bodies, with multiple bullet wounds, were found in a village in Manipur’s Tengnoupal district where the official said a “massive” gunfight was reported.<\/p>\n

The state has witnessed sporadic violence since the peak of ethnic clashes that erupted on May 3 between members of the majority Meitei ethnic group and minority Kuki community over sharing government benefits and quotas.<\/p>\n

Read also: Armed militants kill police officer, ambush security convoy in India’s Manipur<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The clashes have marked a rare security failure for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government in a state ruled by his Bharatiya Janata Party.<\/p>\n

No weapons were found near the bodies, the senior police official told Reuters<\/em> by phone from state capital Imphal, requesting anonymity.<\/p>\n

“It could be possible the weapons were looted after they were killed,” the official said, adding that they could not immediately identify the dead or the militant groups.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n