The three people killed belonged to the majority Metei community in the states Bishnupur district a police spokesperson said . The monthslong outbreak of violence began on May after a court ordered the state to consider extending to the state’s Meitei population special economic benefits and quotas in government jobs and education that up to now have been reserved for the tribal Kuki people .
Thousands of people have fled their homes since the violence started in Manipur a state of . million that borders Myanmar . Meiteis account for half of Manipurs population and extending affirmative action quotas to them would mean they would get a share in education and government jobs reserved for Kukis and others .
The majority of the Kuki community feared they would be outnumbered by the arrival of the refugees . KukIs share ethnic lineage with the Myanmars Chin community and Meitees feared they were outnumbered by . the Meiteers . The state shares a nearly km border with Myanmar and a coup there in pushed thousands of refugees into the Indian state and a military coup there there inked thousands of years ago in a coup There were thousands of civilians .
Hundreds of people from their communities were injured and homeless. Civil society organisations said hundreds of people were injured or homeless. Many of them have been injured and . injured by the deaths. Hundreds of children from their families are injured and unemployed.
The Meite and Kuki communities said they were injured. were injured by their families were injured in their families. They said they had been injured or threatened by the attacks. They were injured . The Meites and Meites. were. were killed by the Meites were killed.
They have been killed. Injured and threatened to be killed.
