Manipur News: Four Shot Dead At Point-Blank Range Near Mongjang Village

Guwahati: As many as four persons, including a 60-year-old woman, were shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Manipur's Churachandpur district on Monday, Manipur police said.

The ambush took place near Mongjang village around 2 pm when the victims were travelling in a car, a police sources said.

Preliminary reports suggested that they were shot from a point-blank range, another official in the Churachandpur district headquarters said.

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More than 12 empty shells were recovered from the spot. No organisation has claimed responsibility for the attack so far.

Mongjang is around 7 km from Churachandpur town.

Police and additional security forces have been rushed to the area after the incident in search of the miscreants.