Four injured in Manipur bomb blasts

Imphal, Nov 18 (PTI) Four persons, including three non-Manipuri labourers, were injured when two bombs exploded in separate areas in the state today, official sources said. Two non-Manipuri labourers were injured at Ukhrul town bordering Myanmar in Ukhrul district when a powerful bomb exploded this afternoon, the sources said. The bomb, planted by suspected militants in a shop exploded around 2.30 pm, destroying a Maruti van parked nearby. In another incident, a powerful bomb set off by suspected militants injured another two, including a non-Manipuri labourer, they said. No individual or group has claimed responsibility for the blasts. Unidentified militants have been targeting non-Manipuri labourers for some years to drive them away from the state as their numbers are rapidly increasing, sources said. So far around 58 non-Manipuri labourers have been killed in the state in the past two years by unidentified militants.