Manipur in turmoil again: At least 5 injured in protests after bomb attack kills 2 children in Bishnupur

GUWAHATI: Two siblings — a five‑year‑old boy and his five‑month‑old sister were killed while their and mother was critically injured in a pre-dawn bomb attack by unidentified miscreants in Manipur’s Bishnupur district, pushing the state back into turmoil.

Anger spilled onto the streets as Meitei protesters tried to storm the Moirang police station. They torched the gate of the police station. What followed was firing in which at least five persons were injured.

CRPF fired to disperse the mob in which the five people were injured.

Governor’s office ordered suspension of internet and mobile data services in five districts — Imphal West, Imphal East, Thoubal, Kakching and Bishnupur — to contain unrest. Roadblocks, tyre burnings and protests were reported across valley districts, disrupting traffic and heightening tensions.

Police said the bomb was hurled at the house causing the explosion at around 1.05 am at Tronglaobi Awang Leikai, damaging part of the house.

The children were asleep when the bomb hit the bedroom. Their mother, a nurse working in Guwahati who was visiting the house for a religious function, is now in the ICU at a hospital in Imphal.

Chief minister Y Khemchand chaired a high‑level security review, stressing that “restoring peace and normalcy remains the government’s top priority.” Visiting the injured mother at Raj Medicity, he condemned the attack: “This barbaric act is an outright assault on humanity and a direct attempt to derail the hard‑earned peace in Manipur. I condemn it in the strongest possible terms. Those responsible will be identified, hunted down, and dealt with firmly under the law.”