The conflict between Kukis and Nagas in India has left at least 5 dead Indian police announced that five people were killed following two separate incidents in the northeastern state of Manipur; The events that occurred coincided with the ethnic tensions between the Kuki and Naga groups. According to Reuters, three men from the Kuki tribe were killed on Saturday during an exchange of fire between unknown gunmen in the Noni area. Also, the bodies of two other men from the same tribe, who disappeared earlier this week, were found on Sunday morning after a search operation by the security forces in the Kangpopaki area. These developments came as hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated in the country's capital, Imphal, and other areas, demanding the cancellation of the ceasefire agreement between Kuki armed groups and the Indian government. The predominantly Christian Kuki and Naga tribes have a long history of conflict over territorial claims and ethnic territories in this remote region. - Link.

The conflict between Kukis and Nagas in India has left at least 5 dead Indian police announced that five people were killed following two separate incidents in the northeastern state of Manipur; The events that occurred coincided with the ethnic tensions between the Kuki and Naga groups. According to Reuters, three men from the Kuki tribe were killed on Saturday during an exchange of fire between unknown gunmen in the Noni area. Also, the bodies of two other men from the same tribe, who disappeared earlier this week, were found on Sunday morning after a search operation by the security forces in the Kangpopaki area. These developments came as hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated in the country's capital, Imphal, and other areas, demanding the cancellation of the ceasefire agreement between Kuki armed groups and the Indian government. The predominantly Christian Kuki and Naga tribes have a long history of conflict over territorial claims and ethnic territories in this remote region. - Link.