Indian police kill six student protesters

GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) – Indian police shot dead six
student protesters on Friday when a demonstration over college
facilities turned violent in the northeastern state of
Meghalaya, officials and police said.

Police said they opened fire after students tried to break
through bamboo barricades during their illegal protest and
attacked policemen in Tura, nearly 400 km (250 miles) west of
the state capital Shillong.

“Six people have been killed in police firing this
morning,” Meghalaya state official L.R. Sangma told Reuters.
Police said that all the six killed were college students.

About 50 people, including students and policemen, were
hurt.

“The police had to open fire when the students started
throwing stones and broke the barricades,” a senior police
officer, who did asked not to be identified, told Reuters by
telephone.

A curfew has been imposed in the area.