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Candlelight vigil in Aizawl to honor the Manipur Hamar-Mizo community’s deaths

Candlelight vigil in Aizawl to honor the Manipur Hamar-Mizo community’s deaths

The killings of 11 members of the Hmar-Mizo community in the Jiribam district of Manipur drew hundreds of people to Aizawl on Friday night for a candlelight vigil. In response to the violence that killed multiple people, the Mizo Defence League held a protest in front of Vanapa Hall to show their sorrow and an indignation. The killing of a Hmar tribal lady, a mother of three, who was killed on November 7 in Zairawn village, close to Jiribam town, sparked a lot of protests. The protesters also denounced the alleged November 11 murders of ten other members of the…
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