Posted on 12/05/2021 3:11:51 PM PST by BenLurkin
Indian security forces have killed at least 13 civilians in a botched ambush near the Myanmar border, officials say.
An army patrol mistakenly opened fire on miners returning home after work, killing six. Seven more civilians and an Indian soldier died when angry locals confronted troops.
The army has been battling separatist militants in the north-eastern state of Nagaland for years.
The incident on Saturday night took place in and around Oting village in Mon district, which borders Myanmar, during a counterinsurgency operation, reports said.
Soldiers from the Assam Rifles, an Indian army unit, opened fire on a truck carrying 30 or more coalmine labourers near their camp.
As news spread of the killings, hundreds of locals surrounded the camp before burning vehicles belonging to the Assam Rifles and clashing with troopers.
Soldiers then shot dead a further seven people.
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Bad vindaloo.
Naan compete.
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I knew it as Burma.
Tactical success. Logistical failure.
Or maybe the other way around?
Let’s check with the focus group.
Well that does not endear you to the populous.
The reason they renamed it is because “Burma” is the name of the largest (but not the majority) group. It is a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural country.
So, just as calling the Netherlands as “Holland” (the name of 2 provinces) or calling the USA as Californialand is misleading, so too calling it Burma can lead to errors
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