"He was shot at the back and when he fell down they approached him and shot him point-blank at the forehead," recounts P Hentinglian as he witnessed the killing of his friend during ethnic clashes in Manipur state, India, while family members mourn their victims outside a morgue and other injured people are treated in hospital. More than 50 people have been killed in the hilly border region in clashes between the majority Meitei people, who are mostly Hindus, and the mainly Christian Kuki tribe. Around 23,000 residents have fled their homes for the safety of ad-hoc army-run camps for the displaced. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES