Diphu (Assam), Nov 29: Five Karbis were killed and several others injured when a group of Kuki tribes attacked two Karbi villages in central Assam's Karbi Anglong district and set ablaze 85 houses in the wee hours of the day.
District Deputy Commisioner Anurag Goel said the Kukis came to the villages, Rongkimi and Jelangso, under Bokajan police station and set the houses on fire killing the five persons on the spot.
The Karbis were fleeing the area for safer sanctuaries, Goel told reporters.
The incident, which occurred around 3.30 am, is the latest in the ongoing ethnic clashes between the two tribes since October last.
The army which was deployed this month in the district following the clashes, had moved to the Bokajan area only last midnight.
Bureau Report