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New Indian Express
an hour ago
- New Indian Express
Kuki rebel leader among four shot dead in Manipur
GUWAHATI: Unidentified assailants ambushed a car in Manipur's Kuki-majority Churachandpur district on June 30, killing a rebel leader and his two bodyguards. An elderly woman also lost her life in the incident after being hit by a stray bullet. The incident occurred at around 2 pm on the Jesami Road near Mongjang village, around 10 km from Churachandpur town. All the bodies were sent to a hospital for postmortem. Thahpi Haokip, deputy commander-in-chief of Kuki National Army (KNA), was travelling in the car along with his two bodyguards when they were ambushed. According to preliminary reports, the assailants fired a barrage of shots a close range. Over a dozen empty shells were recovered from the spot. The incident is believed to be related to a factional feud. No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack.
NDTV
2 hours ago
- Politics
- NDTV
3 Ceasefire-Linked Kuki Militants And Bystander Shot Dead In Manipur's Churachandpur
Imphal/Guwahati: The deputy chief of a Kuki insurgent group which is among the 17 armed groups under the banner of the Kuki National Organisation (KNO) was shot dead in an ambush in Manipur's Churachandpur today, sources said. Two other members of the Kuki National Army (KNA) and a bystander were also killed in the ambush claimed by a rival group, United Kuki National Liberation Army (UKNA). The KNO is one of the two umbrella groups of tribal insurgents - the other is the United People's Front (UPF) - which signed the controversial suspension of operations (SoO) agreement with the Centre and the state government. The KNA deputy chief who was killed in the ambush has been identified as Thenkhothang Haokip alias Thahpi, 48, while the two other KNA members have been identified as Seikhogin, 34, and Lengouhao, 35, sources said. Lengouhao was the son-in-law of KNO chief PS Haokip, sources in Churachandpur told NDTV on phone. The three were in a white SUV when the attack happened at Churachandpur's Mongjang village at 2 pm on Monday, sources said. The bystander who was killed in the ambush has been identified as 72-year-old Phalhing. She was a resident of Koite in Churachandpur. In a purported UNKA statement widely circulated in WhatsApp groups monitored by the police, the UNKA said it launched the ambush in revenge for the killing of a UKNA leader and over 30 people by the KNA. The police have cordoned off the area. They are yet to issue a statement on the sequence of events. The UKNA is not a signatory to the SoO agreement, which makes it mandatory for the insurgents to stay at designated camps with their weapons kept in locked storage, jointly monitored by the security forces and the insurgents from time to time. The Assam Rifles on March 8 destroyed a UKNA camp in Churachandpur's Henglep village. The army had said the camp was found hidden in a nearby jungle. Leaders of the KNO and UPF recently met officials at the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to discuss their demand of carving out parts of Manipur into a separate administration, or a Union Territory with an assembly.
Hindustan Times
3 hours ago
- Hindustan Times
Manipur: 4, including top Kuki commander, killed in suspected factional rivalry
Jun 30, 2025 05:09 PM IST IMPHAL: Four people were killed after unidentified armed miscreants ambushed a vehicle at K. Mongjang village in Manipur's Churachandpur district around 1 pm on Monday, police said. It is believed to be a result of ongoing factional rivalry among Kuki militant groups. Police said that several empty 5.56 mm ammunition casings were recovered from the scene, indicating the use of sophisticated weapons. Police said that three individuals travelling in the car were killed on the spot, while a woman passerby caught in the crossfire later succumbed to her injuries. People familiar with the matter said that among the deceased was Thangboi Haokip alias Thahpi, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Kuki National Organisation/Kuki National Army (KNO/KNA), a prominent Kuki militant outfit. No militant group has claimed responsibility for the attack, and authorities have not yet confirmed the identity of the assailants. However, police suspect that the United Kuki National Army (UKNA), a splinter group known to have tense relations with the KNO/KNA, was behind the attack. Police officials familiar with the matter said that several empty 5.56 mm ammunition casings were recovered from the scene, indicating the use of sophisticated weapons. Several bullet marks were found on the car. The killing of a top commander has sparked fears of retaliatory violence, prompting authorities to step up security in the area. Investigations are currently underway.
AsiaOne
6 days ago
- Politics
- AsiaOne
Over 200 foreigners rescued from scam centres still stranded along Thai-Myanmar border, Asia News
More than 200 foreign nationals rescued from scam centres in eastern Myanmar remain stranded along the war-torn country's border with Thailand, according to a local rebel group overseeing their repatriation. For years criminal networks have trafficked hundreds of thousands of people to scam compounds across Southeast Asia, including many along the Thai-Myanmar border, where victims are forced to work in illegal online schemes, according to the United Nations. Karen National Army, a rebel group that claims to have repatriated more than 8,000 foreign nationals after rescuing them from scam centres in Myanmar's Myawaddy area in recent months, said it was currently housing 216 people, including citizens of Vietnam, China, the Philippines, and Indonesia. "We are giving food and medical supplies to these people," KNA spokesperson Naing Maung Zaw told Reuters on Tuesday. "Some are even pregnant, and we are providing health care for them." Since February, Thailand has halted electricity, internet, and fuel supplies to five Myanmar border areas, including Myawaddy, in a bid to disrupt the scam centres, which have become an escalating regional security concern. Two residents of Myawaddy, which lies across from the Thai town of Mae Sot, said that there hasn't been any electricity supplied from Thailand for months. Power supplied by the Myanmar government has not been stable, leaving much of the settlement — and the scam centres surrounding it — reliant on generators, they said. Thailand's embattled Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said on Monday that her administration was planning to curtail electricity supplies to illegal operations in Cambodia, following a sharp decline in relations between the neighbours. "After we cut electricity and water to Myanmar, the number of complaints dropped significantly," Paetongtarn told reporters. "We've since learnt that the criminal activity has moved from Myanmar to Cambodia." The Cambodian government denies the allegations. International pressure to shut down the scam centres intensified following the abduction of Chinese actor Wang Xing, who was kidnapped after arriving in Thailand in January. He was later rescued by Thai police, who located him across the border in Myanmar. Criminal networks, mainly emanating from China, are known to run several of these scam centres, including those in the Myawaddy region, according to the United States Institute of Peace. [[nid:715830]]
DW
15-06-2025
- Politics
- DW
Germany marks first ever Veterans Day – DW – 06/15/2025
Skip next section Monument to Nazi crimes in Poland to be unveiled in Berlin 06/15/2025 June 15, 2025 Monument to Nazi crimes in Poland to be unveiled in Berlin Germany's complex relationship with its armed forces can be traced back in large part to the crimes committed by German troops during the Second World War — especially in eastern Europe and in Poland in particular. On Monday, a new monument is set to be unveiled in central Berlin to commemorate the victims of the Nazi invasion and occupation of its neighbor between 1939 and 1945, during which an estimated six million Poles, around a fifth of the civilian population, were murdered. The new monument will consist of a large boulder from the northeastern German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, which borders Poland, on the site of the former Kroll Opera House. The Opera House served as the seat of the German parliament for much of the Nazi period after the nearby Reichstag building was damaged in the 1933 Reichstag fire. As such, it was the location for dictator Adolf Hitler's declaration of war on Poland in September 1939. Peter Oliver Loew, the director of the German-Polish Institute, told the Catholic news agency KNA that it is "important to send a message, even if it's only a temporary location for now." In June 2024, the German government approved plans for a permanent monument and a "German-Polish House," a precise timeline for which has not yet been set. Nowadays, Germany and Poland are key allies at the heart of the European Union, but the memory of the German occupation of Poland remains a live issue, especially in Warsaw, where nationalist politicians frequently raise the issue of German reparations for Nazi crimes. "I will fight for them from the very first day of my presidency," promised new Polish President Karol Nawrocki during his recent campaign, for instance. For historian Loew of the German-Polish Institute, the new memorial is therefore "a necessary and important step on the road to rapprochement between our two countries."
