Imphal, April 7 Manipur Home Minister Govindas Konthoujam said on Tuesday that two people were killed and five others were injured in a shooting following an attack on a CRPF camp in the Bishnupur district.
He said that a large number of youths and women held a protest against the killing of two children in a bomb attack by suspected militants in the Moirang Tronglaobi area earlier in the day.
The protesters stormed the CRPF camp near Gelmol, which is a few hundred meters from the bomb attack site, and set vehicles and property ablaze there, he said.
"I had urged the protesters not to enter the CRPF camp and to allow security forces to focus on conducting an operation to apprehend those involved in the bomb attack," the minister said.
However, the protesters ignored the appeal.
"They stormed the CRPF camp, set vehicles ablaze, and damaged parts of the camp, leading to firing by security personnel. They either fired in self-defense or out of anger. Unfortunately, two people died in the firing, while five others sustained bullet injuries," the state home minister said.