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Indian security forces have killed at least 13 civilians in a botched ambush near the Myanmar border, officials say. An army patrol mistakenly opened fire on miners returning home after work, killing six. Seven more civilians and an Indian soldier died when angry locals confronted troops. The army has been battling separatist militants in the north-eastern state of Nagaland for years. The incident on Saturday night took place in and around Oting village in Mon district, which borders Myanmar, during a counterinsurgency operation, reports said. Soldiers from the Assam Rifles, an Indian army unit, opened fire on a truck carrying...