India: Five killed in election violence in West Bengal state
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Rival parties blame each other for inciting the violence in battleground state’s Cooch Behar district.
At least five people have been killed by gunfire in election-related violence in India’s West Bengal state, according to police. Four people died and four others were wounded near a polling station in Cooch Behar district on Saturday when security forces opened fire to control a crowd, senior police officer Vishal Garg was quoted as saying by The Associated Press news agency. He gave no further details on what had sparked the clashes. In a separate incident, unidentified gunmen fired at voters at another polling booth in the same district, killing one person. Garg said police were investigating the attack.
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