GUWAHATLINDIA: AL least 100 people were killed and 100″s were wounded May 3 in widespread Hindu Muslim noting in the usually peaceful northeastern state of Manipur, the police said.
The authorities ordered an indefinite curfew in Imphal the state capital, and the neighboring district of Thoubal.
A Manipur state police spokesman said that in one episode, scores of Hindus attacked the mostly Muslim village of Leelong, stabbing residents and setting fire to houses, At least 30 people were killed and more than 50 houses bummed in the village, “said the spokesman, R.Sanayama Singh.
Article extracted from this publication >> May 7, 1993
