On June 2, heavily armed Kuki militants attacked several villages in Senapati, Imphal West and Bishnupur Districts using sophisticated weapons, two-inch mortars and lethal bombs, injuring 16 people, reports The Sangai Express. This led to a fierce gun battle between the militants on one side and Imphal West commandos and Manipur Rifles (MR) personnel on the other. Later, the commandos and the MR personnel, somehow, pushed back the militants to the nearby hills.