NEW DELHI, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Two siblings died and their mother was injured when suspected militants hurled a bomb at their house in India's northeastern violence-prone state of Manipur on Tuesday, confirmed the local police.
The incident happened in Moirang valley of the state's Bishnupur district. Following the incident, internet services were shut in Bishunupur, Imphal East, Imphal West, Thoubal and Kakching districts, as a precautionary step to investigate any further flare-up.
A curfew was also imposed in certain sensitive areas, said the police.
Tuesday's bombing incident sparked protests, as hundreds of locals torched two oil tankers and a truck, burnt tyres outside a police station, and also damaged a temporary police post, local media reports said, adding that local police resorted to firing to disperse the arsonists.
Besides, a large mob of protesters stormed a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp situated near the Bishnupur-Churachandpur border, said the reports.
Manipur had been a violence-prone state following serious unrest between the local tribes Meitei and Kuki in May 2023. In the past three years, repeated violence claimed around 260 human lives and rendered more than 60,000 people homeless. ■