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  • India Tribe's 20,000-Strong Rally ( Rally Includes Special Lynching Event Plus Baton Charge)

    09/22/2005 2:40:55 AM PDT · by Our_Man_In_Gough_Island · 4 replies · 294+ views
    BBC ^ | 21 Sept 2005 | Subir Bhaumik
    More than 20,000 tribes people have come on to the streets of a remote district of India's West Bengal state to demand a separate tribal homeland. The Rajbongshi tribes people are blocking roads a day after violent protests had left five dead and more than 100 injured. Police killed two people on Tuesday when they fired on protesters who went on the rampage, killing three officers. The state government has sent a huge number of troops to quell the unrest. Armed groups Intelligence officials say tension is high, with the Rajbongshis demanding an inquiry into Tuesday's police shootings. Police had...