Manipur: At least 29 houses set on fire in fresh violence along Myanmar border

At least 29 houses were set on fire in separate incidents in Kuki and Tangkhul Naga villages in Manipur near the India-Myanmar border on Wednesday, an Assam Rifles official said.

Officials said that unidentified persons set fire to all 15 houses in Phaimol, a Kuki village, in Kamjong district at around 12.30 pm, The Times of India reported. The village had already been evacuated because of security concerns and its residents are temporarily staying at Aishi village, where an Assam Rifles camp is located.

At about 1.45 pm, armed persons set fire to Shangkhalok, a Tangkhul Naga village, in Kamjong district, in what officials described as an apparent retaliatory attack, the newspaper reported. Around seven houses were partially burnt but saved.

In a third incident, around seven houses in Huimine Thana, a Tangkhul Naga village between Shangkhalok and Phaikoh, in Kamjong district were also set on fire, allegedly by Kuki militants, the newspaper reported.

No one was killed or injured in the incidents, the newspaper quoted the police as saying.

A fourth incident was reported on Thursday morning in the Kuki village Liekot in Noney district, the Kuki Inpi Manipur, an apex Kuki body said.

The Kuki body claimed that alleged Naga militants attacked Leikot around 5 am using automatic weapons before setting the village...

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