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Four injured as Manipur Naga protest turns violent
Security forces fired tear gas at a sit-in protest in Kanglatongbi, Manipur on Thursday, leaving four protesters injured, according to India Today. The protest, organised by the United Naga Council (UNC), was demanding justice for six Naga civilians allegedly abducted and killed in the ongoing ethnic conflict. India Today reports that the Assam Tribune says more than a dozen protesters were injured, including Wikhonliu Thiumai, wife of one of the slain civilians.
The protest also opposed the conduct of the Census without updating the National Register of Citizens (NRC), the Assam Tribune adds. The Liangmai Naga Council called the police action 'indiscriminate' and demanded an impartial investigation, while security forces remain deployed. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has made two arrests in the case of the six deaths, after the Kuki-Zo Council publicly apologised for the killings.
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India Today reports the protest as a Naga community demand for justice, framing the police response as a law-and-order action that injured four. The Assam Tribune gives more weight to the victims' personal story, naming the injured wife and quoting a protester's emotional appeal, and adds the parallel demand for NRC-linked Census. Both outlets report the NIA arrests and the Kuki-Zo apology as background, but Assam Tribune presents the protest as part of a wider political campaign. The measured reading is that the protest united grief over the killings with a new Census-linked grievance, and the police response has deepened community anger.
Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral
Sources (2): indiatoday.in (neutral report), assamtribune.com (neutral report)
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Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
