Though overall fatalities in 2024

Though overall fatalities in 2024 came down by 44.58 per cent as compared to 2023, the numbers were still very high for a state which had been well on the path of establishing near normalcy prior to 2023. As SAIR had noted earlier,the sudden spike commenced after the outbreak of ethnic clashes between the Kuki and Meitei communities, first in the Churachandpur District of the State on May 3, 2023. The clashes spread rapidly across the state and continue till date, though the intensity has come down Moreover, the overall fatalities in 2024 fell as compared to 2023, substantially because of fall in terrorist fatalities by 58.9 per cent. The state also witnessed drastic changes in the activities of the militants and different implications of the ethnic strife which started in May 3, 2023. One such change was the increasing use of drones for targeted killings. Apart from the January 14, 2025, incident mentioned above, four drone incidents were reported in 2024. The first known drone bomb attack was on September 1, 2024, where two people were killed and nine were injured in a drone attack in the Koutruk, Kadangband and Singda สล็อต