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Indian security forces killed 13 civilians in the northeastern state of Nagaland when they fired on a truck and later shot at a crowd that had gathered to protest the attack, police said yesterday.
“The situation in the entire Mon District is very tense right now. We have 13 confirmed deaths, which include one laborer from outside Nagaland,” said Nagaland Police Officer Sandeep M. Tamgadge of Saturday’s incident.
Six laborers were killed returning home by troops who had set up an ambush, Tamgadge said.
Family members later went looking for the missing men and confronted security forces after finding the bodies.
“They then went
As many as 290 gold bars, weighing 48.14 kilograms, and a huge quantity of drugs worth around Rs 29 crore was seized by the Nagaland police on Monday. Nine people have been arrested, the police said.