minister Neiphiu Rio told Reuters a probe will be conducted and the guilty punished in the incident

GUWAHATI, India( Reuters)-India held funeral rites held on Monday for 15 civilians mistakenly killed by its security forces in the northeastern state of Nagaland, amid intense security and sporadic internet outages aimed at damping fresh unrest in the remote region. Security and government officials have said 14 members of the region's predominant Konyak tribe and one security trooper were killed on Saturday after the forces in the border state mistook a group of labourers for militants and open

India held funeral rites on Monday for 15 civilians mistakenly killed by its security forces in the northeastern state of Nagaland, amid intense security and sporadic internet outages aimed at damping fresh unrest in the remote region. Security and government officials have said 14 members of the region's predominant Konyak tribe and one security trooper were killed on Saturday after the forces in the border state mistook a group of labourers for militants and opened fire. Another of the tribe w

Six men were killed and two critically injured in the shooting. Residents gathered at the spot of the encounter near the village of Oting upon hearing the gunshots.... The personnel resorted to firing blanks, which agitated the nearly 700 protesters armed with sticks, pipes and machetes.... One person died, and six others were wounded by gunfire.T. John Longkumer, the top state police official, said the armed forces could have stopped the vehicle and inquired before opening fire on the group o