About 1,700 houses in Manipur have been destroyed in clashes between Meiteis, who are mostly Hindus, and mainly Christian Kuki tribe
First published on Tue 9 May 2023 20.37 BST
“This used to be my sister’s kitchen,” the 20-year-old said. “That was her room and she kept her TV there, the fridge there, the for clothes there. But now everything she shared with her husband, four children and other family members is gone for ever.”Manipur state’s chief minister, N Biren Singh, has said about 230 people were injured and 1,700 houses were burned in clashes between the majority Meitei people, who are mostly Hindus, and the mainly Christian Kuki tribe.
The rest of the village suffered a similar fate, its three settlements littered with broken doors, burnt-out water tanks, and forced-open metal trunks.Photograph: Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty Images The far-flung states of north-east India – sandwiched between Bangladesh, China and Myanmar – have long been a tinderbox of tensions between different ethnic groups.The spark for the latest ethnic clash was a protest about plans to give the Meitei “scheduled tribe” status. A form of affirmative action to combat structural inequality and discrimination, that classification would give them guaranteed quotas of government jobs and college admissions.
Authorities are concerned there could be more reprisal attacks “as both communities have accumulated weapons”, according to an army officer.
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