Ethnic violence claims 9 lives in Manipur, India.

At least nine people have been killed in the latest clashes between members of rival ethnic groups in India’s northeastern state of Manipur, police said on Wednesday, as security forces pressed on with a hunt for illegal weapons. Violence between members of the Kuki ethnic group and Meiteis erupted on May 3, set off by resentment over economic benefits and quotas in government jobs and education reserved for hill people. At least 80 people have been killed and more than 40,000 have been displaced in the state on the Myanmar border that is governed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party.