Police personnel stand guard after a protest broke out under the banner of Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI), following a bomb attack in Bishnupur on Tuesday, leaving two children dead, in Wangkhei area of Imphal, Manipur, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. Photo: PTI
Manipur: Death toll in firing by security forces rises to three, 30 injured
Violence erupted in Bishnupur after demonstrators, angered by the killing of two children in a militant bomb attack, tried to storm a CRPF camp
Imphal, Apr 8 (PTI) The death toll in the firing by security forces when a mob tried to storm a CRPF camp in Manipur's Bishnupur district during a protest a day ago rose to three on Wednesday, police said.
The Manipur Police also revised the number of injured in the incident, increasing it to 30.
A large number of youths and women were holding a protest against the killing of two children in a bomb attack by suspected militants in the Moirang Tronglaobi area on Tuesday, when the situation turned violent.
In a statement, police said security forces resorted to firing when the around 500-strong mob tried to force their way into the CRPF camp at Gelmol village in Bishnupur district.
The security force tried to pacify the mob, but they started burning the vehicles and other properties of the security forces, it said.
"As the mob tried to force its way into the camp, security forces opened fire," police said, adding three people died while 30 were injured.
It all started with suspected militants hurling a bomb at a house in Moirang Tronglaobi on Tuesday, killing a five-year-old boy and his six-month-old sister and injuring their mother, when all of them were sleeping.
Angered by the incident, people attacked a CRPF camp, prompting security forces to open fire. The protesters were unhappy with the security forces for allegedly failing to take action against the militants. PTI