Tension had been brewing since Thursday morning in the two districts and adjoining areas as huge mobs came out on the streets to block the movement of forces. The mobs wanted to go to Tuibuong, the burial site in Churachandpur. When the security forces blocked this, the mob retaliated by pelting stones on them. Security forces fired tear gas shells to disperse the mob. Crowds, which gathered in Imphal, were also dispersed.
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