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- Kuki-Zo groups in Manipur have started an indefinite counter-economic blockade on the highway linking their areas with Nagaland, saying it will continue until the government ensures free movement of essential commodities.
- The move follows intensified blockades by Naga and Meitei groups protesting the killing of six Naga hostages, whose mutilated bodies were found in June after a hostage exchange between the communities.
- A Kuki-Zo leader has acknowledged the killings, and the NIA has arrested four people in connection with the abduction and murder.
- The blockade adds to tensions in a state where ethnic violence since 2023 has killed over 260 people and displaced 60,000.
What to watch next
- Whether the government moves to ensure free movement of essential commodities to Kuki-Zo areas, which the blockade demands
- Further developments in the NIA case over the killing of the six Nagas
- Progress of ongoing security operations, which recently recovered rifles and ammunition
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