Manipur: Kuki-Naga tensions escalate amid hostage crisis, NH blockades
Fresh tensions have erupted in Manipur as the state’s ongoing ethnic conflict expanded to involve Kuki and Naga communities following a deadly ambush and a wave of abductions in the hill districts. The violence began on May 13 when unidentified armed assailants killed three church leaders and a civilian in separate attacks between the Kotzin…