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The Indigenous Tribal Leaders Forum ( ITLF) - a joint body of the Kuki-Zo tribes, today declared an 'Emergency Shutdown' in violence-hit Manipur's Churachandpur district after several Kuki-Zo-dominated areas of Manipur came under attack.
Two people were killed and at least four injured in an attack by armed groups in Manipur s Bishnupur district. Heavy gunbattle has been reported in the border areas of Churachandpur and Bishnupur districts, resulting in several injuries. Additional security forces have been deployed, and search operations have been conducted in various districts, leading to the recovery of weapons and explosives.
At least two persons were reportedly killed and over seven others injured in the clashes which occurred at around 9 am near a Kuki village above Loktak High Canal and Phubala Maning