Mobs Kill at Least 19 Hindi Speakers
From Times Wire Reports
INDIA
Soldiers patrolled India’s northeastern state of Assam after mobs killed at least 19 Hindi speakers from a neighboring state in escalating ethnic violence, police said.
In one incident, a group of up to 15 people attacked and killed four traders from Bihar state in the town of Bongaigaon, police said. A day earlier, at least 15 people died when Assamese attacked Hindi-speaking settlers from Bihar state, police said.
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