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.
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