Imphal, Oct. 18 -- Suspected Kuki militants set fire to Skipe, a Tangkhul Naga village along the Indo-Myanmar border in Manipur's Kamjong district, early Sunday, amid a fresh wave of violence involving Kuki and Tangkhul Naga communities.

The village, comprising around 30 houses, was reportedly deserted when the fire broke out at about 5 am, as residents had fled amid growing insecurity. Police personnel previously stationed in the area had also reportedly left their outpost before the incident.

Authorities had not immediately confirmed the extent of the damage, the number of houses destroyed or whether there were any casualties.

Skipe is around four kilometres from Pilong, where four Tangkhul Naga civilians were killed in an ambush on ...