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Unidentified militants shot dead nine persons at the Keibul Lamjao National Park in Manipur’s Bishnupur district on May 11. The site of the killing was one of the battlegrounds during the ‘Operation Summer Storm’ launched by the security forces against the militants in April this year1.
Security forces meanwhile shot dead six Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL) militants in an encounter in Manipur’s Senapati district on May 15. Five AK-series rifles, one pistol, a large quantity of ammunition, and two Chinese grenades were recovered from the site of the incident2.
Also in Manipur, the Azad faction of the Peoples United Liberation Front (PULF) expressed its willingness to enter into a peace process with the state government. The militant group had recently sent a delegation of a civil society group to the state chief minister O. Ibobi Singh3.
- 1. “Nine migrants feared killed,” Telegraph, May 12, 2009, at http://telegraphindia.com/1090512/jsp/frontpage/story_10951559.jsp
- 2. “6 KYKL rebels gunned down,” Telegraph, May 16, 2009, at http://telegraphindia.com/1090516/jsp/northeast/story_10969558.jsp
- 3. “Another group on Ibobi peacelist,” Telegraph, May 12, 2009, at http://telegraphindia.com/1090512/jsp/northeast/story_10948435.jsp