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Police Kill 12 Protesting Expropriation in India

HeadlineMar 15, 2007

In India, at least 12 people were killed after police opened fire on villagers opposing the forced expropriation of farmland in West Bengal. The Indian government wants to use the land to create a tax-free industrial park for an Indonesian chemical firm. More than 500 police were deployed. Authorities had not tried to enter the area since January due to local opposition.

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