India, Nov. 13 -- Four people, including two women, were killed on Friday when suspected militants fired at two vehicles in the New Heaven area on the Imphal-Ukhrul road in Manipur's Ukhrul district, police said. The latest flare-up of violence has claimed at least 306 lives since ethnic clashes erupted between the Meitei and Kuki communities in May 2023, with a 'Commission of Inquiry' continuing to examine the adequacy of administrative measures and any failures in duty amid ongoing tensions that have also killed at least 50 in Kuki-Naga clashes in the hills since February.

The incident took place a day after a 42-year-old Kuki woman was shot dead in a separate incident of violence. On the same day as that killing, two men were injured ...