Guwahati, June 17 : Three more people died today taking the toll in the ethnic clash between the tribes of Dimasa and Zemi-Naga in strife-torn North Cachar Hill district of Assam to 15.
Two of the injured in yesterday's attack by Dimasa miscreants on Mechidui, a Zemi-Naga village, about 23 km from the district headquarter of Haflong, are being treated in the Haflong Civil Hospital.
At least 12 people, including eight children, were charred to death yesterday when the miscreants torched more than 50 houses in the village.
The incident could be in retaliation to the attack by Zemi-Nagas on two Dimasa-inhabited villages on June eight and June 10 when nearly 50 houses were set ablaze.
Several persons have been killed in the ongoing ethnic clash between the rival Dimasa and Zemi Naga community members for the past few months.
The hill district has also been rocked by violence with the militant groups Dima Halam Daoga (DHD-J) and both the factions of the NSCN, IM and Khaplong, targeting trains, persons and public installations. Ze
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Death toll in ethnic violence rises to 15
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