Manipur: Mobs burn empty houses in Moreh, buses in Kangpokpi

Imphal: A group of miscreants set fire to several houses in Manipur’s Moreh district on Wednesday, officials said. The abandoned houses were in the Moreh Bazar area close to the Myanmar border.

The arson came hours after two buses used by security forces to transport personnel were set on fire by a mob in Kangpokpi district, the officials said. Two buses used by security forces to transport personnel were set on fire by a mob in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district, officials said on Wednesday.

No casualty was reported.

The incident occurred at Sapormeina when the buses were coming from Dimapur on Tuesday evening.

A group of people belonging to one of the warring communities stopped the buses bearing Manipur registration numbers at Sapormeina and insisted that they would check if any member of the other community were on board, officials said.

Some of them set the buses on fire.

Ethnic violence broke out in the northeastern state nearly three months ago, killing over 160 people since then, and injuring hundreds.

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