37 Slain in Tribal Strife, Officials Say
From Times Wire Reports
Attackers wielding machetes ambushed a bus and tribal militants set fire to two villages in northeastern India, killing 37 people, officials said.
Militants from the Dimasa tribe, which recently fought militias from the rival Karbi tribe, attacked a bus and killed 22 Karbi travelers with machetes, said D.D. Tripathi, the top administrator of Karbi Anglong district in Assam state.
Hours later, assailants set fire to nearly 80 houses in two nearby Karbi villages, Tripathi said.
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