 Relatives on August 5 were mourning three people killed in India's Manipur state, as fresh violence erupted amid a vicious sectarian conflict that has claimed the lives of over 180 people since May. The three people were killed on August 3 night and belonged to the majority Mekha community in the state's Beshnupur district, a police spokesperson said. A spokesperson for a Kuki civil society group said it did not have an immediate comment on the latest killings. Violence erupted on May 3 in Manipur after a court ordered the state to consider extending to the majority Mekha population special economic benefits and quotas in government jobs and education that up to now have been reserved for the tribal Kuki people. The Kuki civil society group said it did not have immediate comment on the latest killings. The Kuki civil society group said it did not have an immediate comment on the latest killings. The Kuki civil society group said it did not have immediate comment on the latest killings.