Troops deployed in Tura after police kill protesters (India)

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GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) - <snip>

Soldiers patrolled the deserted streets of Tura, a small town 400 km west of the state capital of Shillong, where hundreds of students hurled stones at police and broke through bamboo barricades on Friday.

"Lots of soldiers being brought in and no one is allowed to move out of their homes as the curfew is still in force," Purno Agitok Sangma, a member of parliament, told Reuters by phone.

A senior state official said six students died at the scene of Friday's rally and four died in hospital from bullet wounds.

Five more students were in a critical condition and another 15 injured from the shooting. In total around 50 people, including students and police, were hurt in the violence.

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1. Gee! Nothing in the article sez what the protest was about.

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2. This article I posted yesterday in LBN had something in it, although ..

.. the explanation was unimpressive ...

Police kill 12 protesting Indian students
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apasia_story.asp?category=1104&slug=India%20Students%20Killed

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3. The protester were indeed passionate about moving the

State Education Board from place to another. Sounds more like a tribal heat score.