Rikicin kabilanci ya kashe mutane 40 a jihar Manipur ta arewacin India

Rahotanni daga India sun ce kimanin mutane 40 da ake zargin ‘yan tsagera ne suka mutu tare da wasu ‘yan sanda 2 a jihar Manipur da ke arewa maso gabashin kasar, sakamakon barkewar wani sabon rikicin kabilanci. 

Wani yanki da rikicin kabilancin ya shafa. © AFP

Jihar Manipur ta shiga halin kaka-ni-ka-yi bayan da barkewar rikicin kabilanci a farkon wannan watan ya yi sanadin mutuwar mutane 70, kana ya daidaita dubun dubata. 

Wani babban jami’i a jihar ta Manipur, wanda ya nemi a sakaya sunansa ya ce babban ministan jihar N. Biren Singh ya shaidaa wa manema labarai a  safiyar Lahadin nan cewa jami’an tsaro sun kashe kimannin ‘yan tsagera masu dauke da makamai a cikin kwanaki biyu da suka gabata. 

Tun da farko a ranar Lahadi, kafafen yada labaran India sun ruwaito Singh yana cewa ‘yan tsageran da ke aikata ta’addanci suna amfani ne da bindigogi kirar M-16 da AK-47 a kan fararen hula, kuma suna tada duk wani kauyen da suka shiga. 

Jihar Manipur, wanda take a tsakanin kasashen Bangladesh, China da Myanmar ta dade cikin yanayi na zaman tankiya a tsakanin kabilu dabam-dabam da ke cikinta. 

A farkon watan Mayu, mummunan rikicin kabilanci ya auku a jihar Manipur a tsakanin kabilar Meitei masu rinjaye, wadanda akasarinsu mabiya addinin Hindu ne, da kabilar Kuki, wadanda mafi yawan su kiristoci ne, inda aka samu asarar dimbim rayuka.