A 56-year-old Kuki woman and her daughter were wounded in a fresh gunfight between two armed groups in ethnic violence-hit Manipur’s Kangpokpi district even as at least three houses were set afire in a separate incident on Sunday. The ethnic clashes in Manipur began in 2023. (REUTERS/Representative) Police said the gunfight erupted around 5:10pm at Thingkhogjang village near the Imphal-Silchar National Highway. Kuki-Inpi Manipur, a civil body, condemned the attack as barbaric and cowardly. It blamed Naga insurgent groups, the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah), or NSCN-IM, and the Zeliangrong United Front (ZUF), for the attack. Officials said Kuki National Front-Presidential faction (KNF-P) and Kuki Revolutionary Army (KRA), both Kuki outfits, which have signed a suspension of operations pact with the government, were involved in the gunfight. They added that the KNF-P attacked a KRA camp, triggering the gunfight which left the mother and her eight-year-old daughter wounded. The two were referred to Imphal’s Regional Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital for treatment. Hospital authorities said both sustained bullet injuries to their thighs and are …