<p>Guwahati: At least two persons were killed and three others were injured in a fresh gunfight among armed miscreants in a village bordering Imphal West and Kangpokpi district in conflict-hit Manipur on Tuesday. </p><p>The firing started in Koutruk village at around 2 pm following which two persons were found dead, sources said. Police said the injured were rushed to a hospital in Imphal. </p><p>The victims belonged to the Meitei community, said the source. </p><p>Sources in a Kuki organisation said that firing took place after Meitei "armed miscreants intruded" into Kuki-dominated areas "violating the buffer zone" and launched an attack. The "village volunteers" (Kuki armed persons) retaliated, leading to the death of the two. </p>.Taliban-like act by Meitei armed group in Manipur: 10 Kuki-Zo MLAs tells PM Narendra Modi.<p>The "buffer zone" was created by the central security forces between the Meitei-dominated Imphal Valley and the Kuki-dominated hill districts in order to prevent fresh escalation of the violence. Imphal West is in the Valley whereas Kangpokpi is a Kuki-dominated district. At least two Manipur police commandos were killed at Moreh, a village in Kangpokpi district, bordering Myanmar on January 17. Five more Meitei persons were killed the next day in two separate incidents in villages along Bishnupur-Churachandpur and Imphal West-Kangpokpi district. </p><p>More than 200 people have been killed and over 50,000 others have been displaced due to the violence between Meiteis and the Kukis since May last year.</p>
<p>Guwahati: At least two persons were killed and three others were injured in a fresh gunfight among armed miscreants in a village bordering Imphal West and Kangpokpi district in conflict-hit Manipur on Tuesday. </p><p>The firing started in Koutruk village at around 2 pm following which two persons were found dead, sources said. Police said the injured were rushed to a hospital in Imphal. </p><p>The victims belonged to the Meitei community, said the source. </p><p>Sources in a Kuki organisation said that firing took place after Meitei "armed miscreants intruded" into Kuki-dominated areas "violating the buffer zone" and launched an attack. The "village volunteers" (Kuki armed persons) retaliated, leading to the death of the two. </p>.Taliban-like act by Meitei armed group in Manipur: 10 Kuki-Zo MLAs tells PM Narendra Modi.<p>The "buffer zone" was created by the central security forces between the Meitei-dominated Imphal Valley and the Kuki-dominated hill districts in order to prevent fresh escalation of the violence. Imphal West is in the Valley whereas Kangpokpi is a Kuki-dominated district. At least two Manipur police commandos were killed at Moreh, a village in Kangpokpi district, bordering Myanmar on January 17. Five more Meitei persons were killed the next day in two separate incidents in villages along Bishnupur-Churachandpur and Imphal West-Kangpokpi district. </p><p>More than 200 people have been killed and over 50,000 others have been displaced due to the violence between Meiteis and the Kukis since May last year.</p>