New Delhi: A 41-year-old Kuki woman was killed and two other men were injured after unidentified armed men on Thursday (November 12) attacked Kuki farmers on the border between the Kuki-majority Kangpokpi district and the Naga-dominated Senapati district in Manipur, reported The Hindu.According to the Committee on Tribal Unity (CoTU), a Kangpokpi-based Kuki organisation, the deceased was identified as Kimneineng Chongloi and the injured as David Chongloi and Lamchon Chongloi.The incident took place around 11am near Taphou Kuki village.“At a time when public anger is already mounting over the unresolved abduction and subsequent killing of Paoginlal Hangshing and Tinginlun Chongloi from the same village, this latest bloodshed further exposes the grave consequences of the governments’ [Manipur and Centre] continued indifference and selective response to the security concerns of the Kuki-Zo people,” the CoTU said in a statement.It added that three were harvesting paddy in their fields when they were attackedThe Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the state handed over the case to the National Investigation Agency.The attack comes at a time when the CoTU has been protesting against the non-fulfilment of its charter of demands following the abduction and killing of two Kuki-Zo men – Paoginlal Hangshing and Tinginlun Chongloi — from Taphou Kuki village on October 28.After the attack on the trio on Thursday, the CoTU said that a mother’s life was cut short before the wounds inflicted by the killing of the two men could begin to heal.The CoTU also warned that the Union government and the Manipur government would be responsible for the consequences of their continued failure to ensure civilian security and deliver justice.The Naga-Kuki relationship has deteriorated sharply since the beginning of 2026. Apart from hostage taking and blockades, both sides have blamed each other for more than 40 killings of members of both communities since February. Meanwhile, the Kuki-Meitei conflict remains on the boil in parts of the state over three years later. The toll in the Kuki-Meitei conflict has risen to 300.The ruling BJP is facing severe criticism over its handling the crisis and failure to stop incidents of violence. Manipur’s political trajectory over the past three years has seen multiple shifts, but little substantive change on the ground. From N. Biren Singh’s government to a period of President’s Rule, and now under chief minister Y. Khemchand Singh, the promise of restoring normalcy has largely remained stalled.