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September 22, 2017

Indian Journalist Killed on the Job in Northeast State
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In India, a reporter covering political strife in the northeast state of
Tripura was stabbed and beaten to death Wednesday as he reported on a
road blockade by a political party representing indigenous tribal
people. Shantanu Bhowmick is at least the second journalist murdered in
India in recent weeks. Earlier this month, Gauri Lankesh, a prominent
journalist and outspoken critic of right-wing Hindu nationalism, was
assassinated on her doorstep.