10-09-2005, 04:56 AM
<b>Five killed, 83 houses torched in Assam </b>
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Diphu, Oct 8. (PTI): Ethnic violence erupted in central Assam's Karbi Anglong district today with five Karbis, including a three-year-old girl, killed and over 83 houses of <b>boths Karbis and rival tribal Dimasas torched</b>.
District Superintendent of Police Pankaj Sarma told PTI here that a 20-member group of unidentified armed miscreants in combat fatigue swooped on Borsingbe village at 2:00 pm today and killed five persons, including two men, two women and a baby girl.
They also set ablaze 25 houses in the village and another eight in nearby Kiling village before fleeing away, he said.
The attack was in retaliation to the torching of 58 houses and destruction of property in two Dimasa villages in a pre-dawn attack today.
<b>A huge group of miscreants along with some unidentified militants, dressed in army uniform and carrying sophisticated arms, burnt down 14 houses in Walingdisa village </b>near Doldoli near Diphu police station.
The marauders next attacked the neighbouring Kathalbari village and set ablaze 44 houses there, Sarma said.
The villagers, all belonging to the Dimasa tribe, managed to escape and took shelter in a primary school.
The villagers claimed that the attackers belonged to the Karbi tribe but police was yet to confirm it.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Karbi Anglong has been rocked by violence recently with seven Karbis hacked to death by unidentified miscreants early this week.
Karbis consider the Kukis as a rival immigrant tribal community occupying their land.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Diphu, Oct 8. (PTI): Ethnic violence erupted in central Assam's Karbi Anglong district today with five Karbis, including a three-year-old girl, killed and over 83 houses of <b>boths Karbis and rival tribal Dimasas torched</b>.
District Superintendent of Police Pankaj Sarma told PTI here that a 20-member group of unidentified armed miscreants in combat fatigue swooped on Borsingbe village at 2:00 pm today and killed five persons, including two men, two women and a baby girl.
They also set ablaze 25 houses in the village and another eight in nearby Kiling village before fleeing away, he said.
The attack was in retaliation to the torching of 58 houses and destruction of property in two Dimasa villages in a pre-dawn attack today.
<b>A huge group of miscreants along with some unidentified militants, dressed in army uniform and carrying sophisticated arms, burnt down 14 houses in Walingdisa village </b>near Doldoli near Diphu police station.
The marauders next attacked the neighbouring Kathalbari village and set ablaze 44 houses there, Sarma said.
The villagers, all belonging to the Dimasa tribe, managed to escape and took shelter in a primary school.
The villagers claimed that the attackers belonged to the Karbi tribe but police was yet to confirm it.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Karbi Anglong has been rocked by violence recently with seven Karbis hacked to death by unidentified miscreants early this week.
Karbis consider the Kukis as a rival immigrant tribal community occupying their land.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->