Six police, one civilian killed in clashes between two Indian states
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The leaders of Assam and neighbouring Mizoram blamed each other for the deadly violence.
GUWAHATI (Web Desk) - At least six policemen and a civilian were killed and more than 50 people hurt on Monday in clashes between two Indian states, as a weeks-long territorial dispute in the country’s northeast turned deadly, according to a statement from the government in Assam state.
The leaders of Assam and neighbouring Mizoram, which have been wrangling about their border for decades, blamed each other for the deadly violence.
“It is with a heavy heart that we are constrained to note that what is being termed by the Mizoram side as an intrusion and aggression by Assam, has left 5 Assam Police personnel confirmed dead, and more than 50 injured,” Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said in a statement, revising its earlier death toll of seven.
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