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'Maoists' kill Catholics, Hindus in Jharkhand

'Maoists' kill Catholics, Hindus in Jharkhand
Published: January 07, 2011 10:55 AM GMT
Updated: November 29, -0001 04:34 PM GMT

INDIA: Armed men hacked to death nine people, including five members of a Catholic family, in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand. The attackers, suspected members of the People’s Liberation Front of India, a Maoist group, killed the Catholics in Tainsera, a village in Gumla district, on Jan. 5 night. The gang is also suspected in another attack the same night killing four members of a Hindu family in neighboring Brinda Mahuatoli village. Father Cyprian Kullu, media in-charge of Gumla diocese, said the killings have shocked the Church people and that they are unable to find the motive for the crime. IE12761.1635

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