Manipur violence: Suspected militants launch fresh attack in Jiribam district

Manipur violence: In the last few couple of days, villagers have seen multiple drones flying above Mongbung Meitei village, a police officer said, quoting villagers.

Manipur violence: Suspected militants launched a fresh attack at Mongbung Meitei village in Manipur's Jiribam district, police said today (September 18). Militants fired several rounds from sophisticated weapons around 7:00 pm on Tuesday (September 17) prompting retaliation from village volunteers in the area, the police said. However, no one was injured in the exchange of fire, they said.

Authorities monitoring current situation 

Security forces were rushed to the spot to bring the situation under control and firing stopped around 8:00 pm, an officer said. Authorities are monitoring the situation and have urged local villagers to cooperate with security forces while conducting operations, another officer said.

Security forces during search operations and area domination at Chanung and C Zoulen village in Imphal East district seized one locally made single barrel, one SLR Magazine, and live ammunition on Monday (September 16), a police statement said.

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