Imphal/IBNS, Oct. 19 -- At least four people have been killed in two separate incidents of violence in Manipur, triggering protests in Imphal and bringing parts of the city to a near standstill.

Angry residents carried the bodies of two victims to Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh's high-security residence, where police forcibly removed them.

The incidents, reported overnight and on the following morning, have heightened tensions in the state, where relations between the Meitei and Kuki communities have remained strained since ethnic violence erupted in May 2023.

In the first incident, violence reportedly broke out during a musical event in a locality inhabited by Meiteis and Pangal Muslims.

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