Bomb blasts at Manipur During India’s Independence Day
To mark the 70th Independence day, Chief Minister Okram Ibobi unfurled the national flag. Similar events took place in all district headquarters.
The Chief Minister also attended a function held at the Congress office, where state party president T.N. Haokip hoisted the national flag.
Three security personnel and two girls were injured as bombs exploded in Manipur on India’s Independence Day on today(15th), officials said.
Most streets in Imphal remains a deserted look after militants called a shutdown, the officials and residents said.
An elderly couple were rushed to a hospital after they fell unconscious as a bomb exploded near their house at Tera near Imphal on Monday.
Another bomb went off at Singjamei in Imphal. There were no casualties.
Insurgents in Manipur and the anti-talk faction of the United Liberation Front of Asam had called a boycott of the Independence Day events and announced a general strike.