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15 Dead, 10,000 Displaced in Latest Round of Assam-Nagaland Violence
For almost a decade, some residents of Assam and Nagaland have been fighting over a 25-bigha area - no bigger than 20 football fields - in Golaghat district. The latest chapter of this ongoing violence has killed 15 people.
But those are just the official figures. Around 10,000 locals, who have taken refuge in Uriam Ghat -- 20 km inside Assam's territory in Golaghat -- claim the actual figure is much, much higher.
The people have been filtering into the camps for over the week. Naga miscreants, they say, burned over 200 houses across seven border villages.
Today, their anger spilled onto Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, who had come to visit them. Roundly abused by the mob, Mr Gogoi had to be rescued by his security personnel.
"Naga insurgents raid our villages and extort money. They shoot us. Where do we go?" said Monoj Das, one of the camp inmates. "The government asks us to not to leave. Do they want us to stay here till we die?" another young man added angrily.