Local TV journalist suffers bullet injury amid militant firing in Manipur

Additional forces comprising state police and Central forces reached the scene and engaged in a gunbattle with the armed men who fired from the hillsides. The security forces then launched a joint search operation. However, there was no arrest report.

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh condemned the attack as cowardly and unprovoked.

“Strongly condemn the indiscriminate firing by Kuki militants at Sanasabi and Thamnapokpi in Imphal East, which injured civilians and security personnel. This cowardly and unprovoked attack on innocent lives is an assault on peace and harmony,” the Chief Minister posted on X.

He said adequate security personnel were rushed to the affected areas. “The injured are receiving necessary medical assistance, and the Government calls for calm and unity in the face of such challenges,” Singh said.

The attack commenced in the early hours with the armed men using sophisticated weapons, including bombs at Thamnapokpi and Sanasabi villages.

Meanwhile, the All Manipur Working Journalist Union (AMWJU) and Editors’ Guild Manipur also condemned the act of targeting working journalists.