India, July 22 -- At least five militants were killed in a fierce factional gunfight between two newly formed Chin-Kuki rebel outfits in the dense forests of Deiveijang village near Longpi, under Nungba Police Station in Manipur's Noney district on Tuesday morning, officials confirmed.

A police official said the incident site lies approximately 50 kilometres south of Nungba Police Station and is located deep inside the jungle. "It is not a motorable road and even there is no mobile signal in the place. We also have no adequate details, but a team has been deployed to the spot," the official told HT.

People familiar with the matter said the clash occurred between cadres of the United Kuki National Army (UKNA) and the Chin Kuki Mizo Army ...