Ten armed men killed in India's Manipur after firefight with security forces

GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) - Ten armed men were killed in a gunfight with security forces in India's remote northeastern state of Manipur on Monday, officials said, after they allegedly tried to attack a police station.

Sporadic violence had rocked Manipur since last year when the majority Meitei community and the tribal Kukis clashed after a court ordered the state government to consider extending special economic benefits and quotas in government jobs and education enjoyed by the Kukis to the Meiteis as well.