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Clashes and violence between members of different ethnic groups. At least 55 dead and hundreds injured

In the video the images of the fighting and the burning vehicles. According to hospital and Indian army officials, there are also 23,000 civilians displaced.

08/05/2023

Reuters/ANI

Clashes, fights and burned vehicles.

At least 55 people have died and another 260 hospitalized due to violence that broke out between members of the Kuki and Meitei ethnic groups, in the city of Imphal, in the Indian state of Manipur.

According to hospital and Indian army officials, ethnic violence has also displaced 23,000 civilians who have fled the fighting. "Most patients arrive with severe bullet wounds or have been hit in the head with sticks," Dr. Mang Hatzow of Churachandpur District Hospital in Manipur told CNN.

Videos and photos broadcast by local television showed vehicles and buildings set on fire. Indian army troops have been deployed in the streets and a five-day mobile internet blackout is in place.