Two civilians were killed in a gun attack on a vehicle in Manipur’s Noney district on Sunday afternoon, raising the death toll from two separate incidents in Tamenglong and Noney to three.
The Noney ambush, which took place along NH‑37 near Longpi village under Nungba police station, involved a group of armed miscreants suspected to be militants. They opened fire on a civilian vehicle carrying three occupants, killing a woman named Julie Gangte and a man named Thangvel Gangte, both residents of Sempat Vangkho. A third occupant, also a woman, went missing and her status remains unconfirmed.
Earlier, in Tamenglong district, militants attacked a village at Tollen Kuki, killing a woman and injuring her husband and youngest son. The attack was carried out by suspected militants, and the deceased woman was identified as a resident of Tollen Kuki.
In the aftermath, armed miscreants set fire to three to four houses in Khedaghar village, a Naga community in Jiribam district, around 6:30 pm. No casualties were confirmed. Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh expressed deep anguish over the killings and the arson, condemning the violence as unacceptable and offering condolences to the bereaved families while urging a swift recovery for the injured.
