Armed mobs rampage through villages and push remote Indian region to the brink of civil war

Members of Meira Paibis, powerful vigilante group of Hindu majority Meitei women, block traffic as they check vehicles for the presence of members from rival Christian tribal Kuki community, in Imphal, capital of the northeastern Indian state of Manipur, Monday, June 19, 2023. Manipur is caught in a deadly conflict between the two ethnic communities that have armed themselves and launched brutal attacks against one another. At least 120 people have been killed since May. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)