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To: Mohan Marette who wrote (9275)11/2/1999 2:23:00 AM
From: Mohan Marette  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 12475
 
Kannur: A small Bihar in God's own country

George Iype in Kannur

One bomb explosion a day. Five violent clashes a day. Two murders in a month.

Kannur's crime record in past one year has ensured that this northern district of Kerala is now competing with Bihar as far as political violence is concerned.

Frequent political murders, revenge killings, bomb explosions and continuing gang rivalries in Kannur have made this small corner of God's own country a virtual killing field. If hundreds fall prey in fights between the low castes and the upper castes, the landed and the landless in Bihar, Kannur's story is a little different.

The fight in Kannur is between the Marxists and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh; the Marxists and the Congress; and the Marxists and the Muslim League. ....

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