Two, including 8-year-old girl, injured in firing by armed groups in Manipur’s Kangpokpi

Two people, including an eight-year-old girl, were injured in firing by armed groups in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district, police said on Monday (July 6, 2026).

They said the incident took place in Thingkhongjang village on Sunday evening, July 5, 2026, and the injured, Nengneichong Kipgen (56) and Lamneingah Kipgen (8), were brought to Imphal for treatment late at night.

The injured were first provided first aid at the Assam Rifles camp and were later brought to the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Imphal for further treatment. Security has been tightened around the RIMS campus.

Protests broke out in June when three Kuki youths injured in a fire in Kangpokpi district were admitted to RIMS for treatment. Claiming that the injured were gunmen, protesters tried to attack the hospital building.

Following the firing incident on Sunday, July 5, 2026, Kuki Inpi Manipur (KIM), the apex body of the Kuki tribe in the state, expressed anger at the attack and alleged that NSCN (IM) and ZUF (Kamson) were behind the firing.

“The deliberate targeting of an unarmed civilian settlement is nothing short of an act of terrorism against innocent people and represents a grave attack on human dignity and the rule of law.

“The Center and Manipur governments must realize that the continued failure to protect innocent civilians has seriously undermined public confidence in State institutions.” he said.