Guwahati: Three unarmed villagers, including a father-son duo, were killed in fresh violence in Manipur’s Bishnupur district early this morning, according to witness accounts from locals. Suspected militants raided Ukha Tampak village near Kwakta in Bishnupur around 2 am and started firing indiscriminately, police sources said.
Two men, father and son, and another person at the adjoining house, were killed in the firing. They were unarmed villagers guarding their houses.
The three were gunned down while they were sleeping and later slashed with swords, police said on Saturday morning, adding that the attackers came from Churachandpur.
The incident has caused great concern as the attackers were able to breach the buffer zone, between hills and valleys, manned by central security forces, police sources added.
The Manipur Police on Friday said joint forces conducted search operations in vulnerable and fringe areas of the strife-torn state and destroyed seven illegal bunkers after fresh violence broke out across various districts.
