10-17-2005, 08:45 PM
<b>34 Karbi tribals killed in Assam ethnic violence</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Press Trust of India
Diphu (Assam), October 17, 2005
At least 34 Karbi tribals, including eight women, were hacked to death and three injured by militants on Monday in continuing ethnic violence between warring Karbi and Dimasa tribes in Karbi Anglong hill district of central Assam, a senior police official said.
District Superintendent of Police Pankaj Sarma said unidentified militants, with their faces covered in black cloth, waylaid two buses coming from Jirikinding to Hamren and the district headquarters of Diphu at Jengkha at around 8 am.
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Diphu (Assam), October 17, 2005
At least 34 Karbi tribals, including eight women, were hacked to death and three injured by militants on Monday in continuing ethnic violence between warring Karbi and Dimasa tribes in Karbi Anglong hill district of central Assam, a senior police official said.
District Superintendent of Police Pankaj Sarma said unidentified militants, with their faces covered in black cloth, waylaid two buses coming from Jirikinding to Hamren and the district headquarters of Diphu at Jengkha at around 8 am.
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