Indian Village Attack by Militia Members Leaves 12 Lower-Caste People
Dead
Sindani, India, April 22 (Bloomberg) -- Members of the
Ranbir Sena private militia entered an east Indian village and
opened fire, killing 12 lower-caste people, the Associated Press
reported, citing police. The slayings, which took place in the
village of Sindani, 530 miles southeast of New Delhi, is believed
to be an act of retaliation for communist rebel slayings of 35
upper-caste Hindus last month in Bihar, a state where a caste war
has begun, police said. Yesterday's attack was the sixth major
caste-related massacre in that state in the past six months, AP
said.
Last year, an attack on an Indian Kashmiri village by
suspected separatist guerrillas killed 29 people, mostly Hindus.
(AP 4/22 www.nytimes.com)
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