Wednesday, 25 July 2012

Ethnic violence in Northeast India clashes kill 35, displace 170,000

GUWAHATI: The death toll from ethnic violence in northeast India rose to 35, officials said Wednesday, as military reinforcements were called in to quell more than four days of clashes.

At least 170,000 villagers have fled their homes in Assam state to seek shelter in relief camps, government buildings and schools to escape the unrest, which has raged since Friday with dozens of homes burnt down.

Nine people were killed in overnight clashes raging between indigenous Bodo tribes and Muslim

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