6 killed as rival rebel groups clash in India
Afp, Guwahati
Hundreds of security forces were deployed yesterday in India's restive northeast after six people were killed in gunfights between rival separatist groups, police said. Three people were shot dead Tuesday in retaliation for the killing of three others Monday in the northeastern state of Nagaland, police said. The outbreak of violence between two rival factions of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) occurred despite a ceasefire between the government and the separatists. "Security forces have now been fanned for area domination to bring the situation under control. We are still not out of the woods," LL Doungel, Deputy Inspector General of Nagaland Police, told AFP by telephone.
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