Violence escalates in India’s Assam state

Authorities send more troops to quell ethnic clashes in northeastern Assam state as death toll grows.

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Indian authorities have sent more troops to quell ethnic violence in northeastern Assam state.
 
At least 42 people have been killed during a week of clashes between the local Bodo tribe and Muslim settlers.     
 
Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes, as Prerna Suri reports from Kokrajhar.


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