One person was killed, and three others were injured in a fresh incident of gunfight between armed groups in Kangpokpi district of strife-torn Manipur in India in the early hours of Sunday, The Hindustan Times reported, referring to officials.
The deceased, identified as Lammang Kipgen, 44, a Kuki 鈥榲illage volunteer鈥� (armed civilian), was killed at Leimakhong at about 2.30am when the area was attacked by armed miscreants.
Accusing Meiteis armed miscreants of being responsible for the death, the Committee on Tribal Unity (COTU), a Kuki group based in Kangpokpi, called for a 12-hour shutdown in the district from 12:00pm to 12:00am on Sunday.
Sunday鈥檚 incident comes a day after two CRPF personnel were killed, and two others were injured in an attack by armed miscreants at Naransena in Bishnupur district of the state.
Manipur has been roiled by ethnic clashes between Meiteis, who are a majority in Imphal Valley, and Kuki-Zo ethnic group, who are dominant in a few hill districts, since May last year. The violence has claimed at least 223 lives and displaced around 50,000 people, the report said.