Guwahati, Oct. 19 -- A Nepalese couple sustained bullet injuries when unidentified assailants opened fire on National Highway 202 in Manipur's Kamjong district on Sunday, as violence continued following the killing of a Kuki civilian and the burning of at least 15 houses in Chassad village a day earlier, officials said.

The victims were identified as Sandip Dahal, 35, and his wife, Bepanah Dahal, 29, who live in Charhajare, Kangpokpi district.

According to police, the couple was travelling in a Maruti Suzuki Baleno when armed attackers fired at them at about 11.45 am.

The shooting took place on the Imphal-Nagaland road through Ukhrul, in the stretch between Mahadev and Guwaltabi villages.

After the shooting, the couple was taken to an...