Kuki woman killed and two injured in Manipur firing incident
The shooting occurred near the Senapati and Kangpokpi district boundary while villagers were harvesting paddy on Thursday morning.
A 40-year-old Kuki-Zo woman, Kimneineng Chongloi, was killed and two others were injured during a firing incident near Taphou Kuki village in Manipur’s Senapati district on Thursday morning, according to reports by The Indian Express, NENow and Telegraph India.
The incident took place around 11 am in an area between Kuki Taphou and Kailenjang villages. Kimneineng Chongloi, the wife of Thanggou Chongloi, died of bullet injuries while harvesting paddy. Two other residents of Taphou Kuki village, David Chongloi, 34, and Lamkhochon Chongloi, 46, sustained bullet wounds and are receiving treatment at Kangpokpi District Hospital.
Local sources reported that the gunfire began after militants allegedly targeted Naga cultivators in the area, leading to retaliatory fire. The sound of the shooting caused farmers to flee the fields. Following the incident, travel advisories were issued for National Highway-2 (NH-2), with residents and authorities advising commuters to avoid the affected stretch.
This violence follows the October 28 abduction and subsequent deaths of two Kuki-Zo youths, Paoginlal Hangsing, 20, and Tinginlun Chongloi, 20, from the same village. Their bodies were recovered on November 1 in Senapati district.
In a separate incident around 3 pm, police said suspected Kuki persons fired rounds from Lungter Hills towards Sinakeithel village in Ukhrul district, wounding Newton Mahung, 45, in the shoulder. The Committee on Tribal Unity (CoTU) has announced a 48-hour shutdown in Kangpokpi starting from midnight on November 12 in protest.