At least 37 people, including eight women, mainly Karbi tribals, were killed on October 17 in two separate attacks by rival tribes in Indiaa’s northeastern state of Assam. In the first incident, 22 people were hacked to death and their dismembered bodies burnt by the rival Dimasa tribe. More than 60 people were wounded in the attack in the Karbi Anglong district of the tea-rich province.

In another attack, the Dimasa tribesmen attacked a Karbi village, killing 15 people and burning around 60 mostly bamboo and straw houses. Heavily armed Dimasa militants stopped two packed buses, pulled out the victims, hacked them to death and then threw their bodies into the burning buses. After the second attack Dimasa militants forcibly took away many villagers to a nearby jungle and they are still missing.

The Karbi and Dimasa tribes are at loggerheads for years over land in Assam, home to several dozen tribal and ethnic groups. In the past two weeks, at least 72 people have been killed in ethnic violence, a majority of them Karbis.

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