The Meitei-dominated state police are seen as partisan while army troops have been ordered to keep the peace but not to disarm fighters. They have mostly fled to the hills, leaving the capital Imphal and the surrounding valley, areas dominated by the majority Meiteis. Modi’s first comments on the violence in Manipur came last week, over two months after the trouble started in early May. A burnt structure is pictured at Torbung village in Churachandpur district, in the northeastern state of Manipur, India, July 23, 2023. The data show that in the first week of the violence in early May, 77 Kukis were killed compared to 10 Meiteis.

Source: Ethiopian News July 28, 2023 04:53 UTC