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Three Dead and Three Missing After Militant Ambush in Manipur
- •Three villagers were killed and three others injured after being ambushed by militants while collecting firewood on the border of Imphal East and Kangpokpi districts.
- •Angry locals staged a protest by placing two of the bodies outside the chief minister's residence in Imphal, demanding action against the ongoing violence.
- •Police used tear gas shells to disperse the demonstrators, and security was heavily tightened around the chief minister's bungalow and key routes in the city.
- •Markets and shops across Imphal shuttered following the incident, with women also staging a separate demonstration at Ema Keithel.
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Locals staged a protest outside Chief Minister Y Khemchand Singh's residence in Imphal after militants allegedly killed three people and injured others who were collecting firewood in a forest near the border of Imphal East and Kangpokpi districts on Monday.
Police fired several rounds of tear gas shells to disperse the angry protesters who had placed bodies outside the main gate of the chief minister's residence, and security was subsequently tightened around the bungalow and its connecting routes.
Three people collecting firewood were shot dead—including Arubam Ronil and Lairenlakpam Inaobi who died on the spot, and Kshetrimayum Sushil who succumbed to injuries at a hospital—while three others were injured and another three went missing following the attack.
