3 College Students Die as Police Fire on Protesters
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From Times Wire Reports
Police gunfire killed three college students as they were protesting the alleged sexual molestation of fellow students by officers on a train in eastern India, students and officials said.
A crowd gathered at a station in Salakati after students on a train telephoned friends and said police had molested female students, a student leader said.
The protesters charged the policemen’s train carriage with bricks and stones, and the police opened fire, said Rwngwra Narzary, a local student union president in Assam state.
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