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Tribal clash kills 25 in Indian northeast GUWAHATI, India, Thursday (Reuters) Heavily armed tribesmen killed 25 people in India's northeastern state of Assam on Wednesday in an attack on a rival village, police said. A group of Kuki tribals attacked a village dominated by Karbi tribals, killing 25 Karbis and leaving many wounded in Bokajan, 250 km (155 miles) south of Guwahati, the state's biggest city. Many huts were set ablaze. "The attackers used both firearms and sharp weapons," a police official said by telephone from Bokajan, in the region of Karbi Anglong. "Some of the bodies have bullet marks and others are butchered." Police said more troops had been rushed to the area and a search was on for more bodies. About 150 people in the village had been moved to safer places. The warring tribal groups have been battling each other over the past few years for control of land in the area, police said. |
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