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| India death toll rises to 32 in Assam violence | India death toll rises to 32 in Assam violence |
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| The number of people killed in ethnic violence in India's Assam state has risen to 32, authorities say. | |
| More than 170,000 people have fled their homes after fighting between indigenous tribespeople and Muslim settlers in Kokrajhar and Chirang. | More than 170,000 people have fled their homes after fighting between indigenous tribespeople and Muslim settlers in Kokrajhar and Chirang. |
| Security forces have been given shoot on sight orders and a curfew has been imposed in the troubled areas. | Security forces have been given shoot on sight orders and a curfew has been imposed in the troubled areas. |
| There have been tensions between indigenous groups and Muslim Bengali migrants in Assam for many years. | There have been tensions between indigenous groups and Muslim Bengali migrants in Assam for many years. |
| Assam police chief JN Choudhury was quoted by the AFP news agency as saying that the bodies of nine people killed overnight had been found on Wednesday morning. | |
| 'Tense' | |
| "The situation is tense and we are getting additional paramilitary troopers," he said. | |
| The army has also been deployed to bring the situation under control, authorities said. | |
| Railway links between Assam and the rest of the country have been disrupted after local people threw stones at an express train travelling through the area, and damaged four coaches, reports say. | Railway links between Assam and the rest of the country have been disrupted after local people threw stones at an express train travelling through the area, and damaged four coaches, reports say. |
| A local villager fleeing the violence told local TV channels that people had "lost everything in the violence". | |
| "Our houses have all been razed to the ground with mobs setting ablaze our properties," Rabiul Islam from Kokrajhar district said. | |
| Police say that the clashes began when unidentified men killed four youths on Friday night in Kokrajhar district, an area dominated by the Bodo tribe. | Police say that the clashes began when unidentified men killed four youths on Friday night in Kokrajhar district, an area dominated by the Bodo tribe. |
| They say that armed Bodos attacked Muslims in retaliation, suspecting they were behind the killings. | They say that armed Bodos attacked Muslims in retaliation, suspecting they were behind the killings. |
| Soon afterwards unidentified groups set houses, schools, and vehicles ablaze, police said, firing indiscriminately from automatic weapons in populated areas. | Soon afterwards unidentified groups set houses, schools, and vehicles ablaze, police said, firing indiscriminately from automatic weapons in populated areas. |