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Probe Into Manipur Twin Blasts Handed over to NIA
Two improvised explosive device blasts injured two amid ongoing ethnic violence that has killed 260 and displaced over 59,000 in Manipur, officials said.
- Two people were wounded in blasts in Bishnupur on Monday, Manipur police said; Sanatomba Singh and Indubala Devi were hospitalised and are out of danger.
- Police say the first blast occurred at around 5.40 am at an abandoned house in Phougakchao police station area; Manipur police suspect an improvised explosive device and have launched an investigation.
- When residents of Bishnupur gathered after the first blast, reports say another explosion occurred between 5.40 am and 5.55 am and a final blast about 200 metres away at around 8.45 am, PTI reported.
- Amid ongoing ethnic violence, the blasts deepen security concerns in Manipur, where at least 260 persons have been killed and more than 59,000 persons displaced.
- In Bishnupur's valley region the Meitei community predominates while Kukis dominate hill districts; the owner of the abandoned house and family now live in a relief camp, showing local displacement.
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