Manipur Mass Burial

A Manipur woman was shocked to see the name of a one-month-old infant, whom she knew, appear on social media posts as a "victim" of the ethnic violence that began on May 3.

A mass burial is being held in Churachandpur, one of the hardest-hit districts in the ethnic violence that has gripped Manipur since May 3, for 87 people who were killed in the clashes.

Eight months after they were killed in ethnic violence in Manipur, the remains of 19 people belonging to the Kuki Zo community were laid to rest in the state's Kangpokpi district on Friday.

The Manipur government sent an eviction notice to a village chief in May 2022 to remove encroachments from state land in Bishnupur district's Torbung village - the same site where hill-majority Kukis on Thursday planned a mass burial.

A potential violent face-off between groups of Meiteis and Kuki-Zo tribes was averted today after the Manipur High Court in a 6 am hearing ordered the authorities to ensure status quo between the two sides over the matter of burying bodies.

A large gathering of tribal members was expected to take place in Churachandpur during the mass burial event.

A Manipur woman was shocked to see the name of a one-month-old infant, whom she knew, appear on social media posts as a "victim" of the ethnic violence that began on May 3.

A mass burial is being held in Churachandpur, one of the hardest-hit districts in the ethnic violence that has gripped Manipur since May 3, for 87 people who were killed in the clashes.

Eight months after they were killed in ethnic violence in Manipur, the remains of 19 people belonging to the Kuki Zo community were laid to rest in the state's Kangpokpi district on Friday.

The Manipur government sent an eviction notice to a village chief in May 2022 to remove encroachments from state land in Bishnupur district's Torbung village - the same site where hill-majority Kukis on Thursday planned a mass burial.

A potential violent face-off between groups of Meiteis and Kuki-Zo tribes was averted today after the Manipur High Court in a 6 am hearing ordered the authorities to ensure status quo between the two sides over the matter of burying bodies.

A large gathering of tribal members was expected to take place in Churachandpur during the mass burial event.