Overview
- Suspected militants opened fire on Chassad village in Kamjong on Saturday, October 17, wounding the village head and others and leaving one Kuki civilian dead.
- Late on October 17 at least 15 Kuki homes in Chassad were torched, forcing residents to flee to nearby forests and a security camp.
- Retaliatory arson and gunfights followed over October 18–19, with houses in the Tangkhul Naga villages of Pilong and Skipe reported burned and several Naga civilians wounded.
- On Monday, October 19 suspected militants ambushed firewood collectors near the Imphal East–Kangpokpi border, killing three people, injuring others, leaving three missing, and triggering protests that saw bodies placed outside the chief minister’s residence.
- State and central forces including Assam Rifles and the BSF have been deployed, investigators are probing contested claims of responsibility and collusion, and thousands of civilians remain displaced by the renewed Kuki–Naga violence since 2023.