Biratnagar, April 19 -- India's northeastern state of Manipur has been drawn into fresh violence, unsettling residents and raising concerns that a fragile calm built over recent months is collapsing. The unrest, which had simmered for nearly three years, began to intensify again after April 7 following a deadly attack on civilians.

With the new violence, around 60,000 Nepali-speaking people in Manipur are living in constant fear and uncertainty.

According to officials in Bishnupur district, a suspected armed group hurled a bomb at a house in the Thronlaobi area of Moirang at around 1 pm. A five-year-old boy and a six-month-old girl were killed instantly while they slept. Their mother was seriously injured. The incident site lies along a...