NEW DELHI: Indian security forces killed 13 civilians in the northeastern state of Nagaland after firing on a truck and later shooting at a crowd that gathered to protest the attack, police said Sunday .
"This is where a confrontation happened between the two sides, and the security personnel fired, killing seven more people," Nagaland police officer Sandeep M Tamgadge told AFP. It added soldiers were acting on"credible intelligence" that insurgents were operating in the area and had laid an ambush to intercept them.
Mon district is about 350km from Nagaland's capital Kohima, and is more than a day's drive only along poorly maintained roads.
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