Indian villages burned to ashes in ethnic violence

Asia Times ^

[FarCenter]

Heiroklian (India) (AFP) – The road to Heiroklian is smooth and freshly laid, with a sign proclaiming it part of an Indian government development initiative. But ethnic violence has reduced the village itself to little more than smouldering ashes.

Sanatomba picked through the ruins of his sister's home in the northeastern state of Manipur, trying to salvage anything of value, but could only recover a traditional stool.

"This used to be my sister's kitchen," the 20-year-old says.

"That was her room and she kept her TV there, the fridge there, the almirah (cupboard) for clothes there. But now everything she shared with her husband, four children and other family members is gone forever."

More than 50 people have been killed in the hilly border region in clashes between the majority Meitei people, who are mostly Hindus, and the mainly Christian Kuki tribe.

Thousands of troops have been deployed to restore order, while around 23,000 residents have fled their homes for the safety of ad-hoc army-run camps for the displaced.

Sanatomba's sibling is among them. They are Kuki, and he is sure she and her family will never be able to return.

"She told me to come here and look for anything I can find," he says, his hands and feet covered in black soot.

The rest of the village suffered a similar fate, its three settlements littered with broken doors, burnt-down water tanks, and forced-open metal trunks.

The towering village church, a school building, and even a jackfruit tree were set on fire by the attackers.

The raiders stole residents' cattle and poultry, Sanatomba said.

"Those animals they couldn't take alive, they killed and took away as meat.

"I am afraid of Meitei people."

[Carl Vehse]

In Indian Christian villages burned to ashes in by Hindu ethnic violence"

There. Fixed it

[moovova]

Sound familiar boys and girls?

“The spark for the latest ethnic clash was a protest about plans to give the Meitei “Scheduled Tribe” status.”

“A form of affirmative action to combat structural inequality and discrimination, that classification would give them guaranteed quotas of government jobs and college admissions.”

“Violence erupted in the regional capital Imphal and elsewhere, with protestors setting fire to vehicles and buildings. According to villagers, Meitei mobs armed with guns and petrol cans then attacked Kuki settlements in the hills.”

[mikey_hates_everything]

Trying to legislate legal theft from the Christians by the majority, and probably less intelligent, mostly Hindu Meitei.

[Flavious_Maximus]

These Meitei people are not really Hindu. They do not practice Hinduism. They are merely born into it.

It’s the same thing here in the USA with all the millions of CINO’s and JINO’s who claim to be Christian or Jewish even though they NEVER attend a church or synagogue, don’t have a pastor or rabbi, do not follow the teachings of the Bible or Torah and do not worship the God of Abraham. They instead worship the democrat party or Golden Calf and will burn down your house and slit your throat if you are a conservative.

[sauropod]

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