Kuki Inpi Manipur (KIM) said, the brutal killing of the two innocent Kuki-Zo in ambush must serve as a wake-up call to the Government of India to genuinely look into the fate of the Kuki-Zo people under the Mnaipur government.
Janghaolun Haokip, Information and Publicity Secretary of KIM, said that it is extremely disquieting that in spite of the government’s earnest call for peace, the Kuki-Zo people are being terrorised, resulting in two more individuals killed in an ambush on Monday.
He said that the relentless attacks and barbaric killings of the Kuki-Zo people by valley-based insurgent groups (VBIGs) are indescribable and has claimed the lives of over 152 Kuki-Zo people, with 300-plus villages destroyed; more than 7,000 houses torched, and more than 40,000 Kuki-Zo people displaced from their homes and hearth.
He continued that it is deeply distressing that the state of the Kuki-Zo remained unchanged six months into the clash despite repeated appeals to the Central government for the safety and security of the Kuki-Zo people.
