Langpih Incident

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LocationLangpih, Meghalaya state, India
Date14 May 2010; 15 years ago
TargetKhasi Civilians
Attack type
Police brutality
Langpih Incident
Part of the Assam-Meghalaya Border Conflict
LocationLangpih, Meghalaya state, India
Date14 May 2010; 15 years ago
TargetKhasi Civilians
Attack type
Police brutality
Deaths4 killed
Injured12-26 injured
PerpetratorsAssam Police
MotiveLand Dispute

The Langpih Incident occurred on 14 May 2010, when clashes broke out between Nepalese Ghorka and Khasi people, leading to shootings by Assam Police.[1]

For decades prior, Nepali migration into Meghalaya greatly alarmed the native Khasi and Garo peoples, setting off an insurgency and later ethnic cleansing. In November 2008, amidst the larger Assam-Meghalaya Border Conflict, a dispute over the ownership of the Langpih area (known as Rimuliang to the Khasi) intensified when the Meghalayan Government stated their intention to set up a police outpost on the outskirts of that region.[2]

Event

On May 14, 2010, a dispute between the migrant Nepali people and the local Khasi and Garo peoples began after the Nepali people claimed the local "hat" (weekly) market in the area. The Assam Police were called in, firing on the Khasi, killing 4 and injuring 12 to 26.[2]

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