Indian police fire on Naga protesters
Police have opened fire on a group of Naga tribes people on the border between India's north-eastern states of Manipur and Nagaland, officials said.
Police said 15 protesters had been injured, mostly during a stampede.
A group representing the Nagas alleged that at least two Nagas had been killed in the police firing.
The Nagas are angry that the Manipur government has barred Naga separatist rebel leader Thuingaleng Muivah from entering the state.
Mr Muivah, the general secretary of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN), is waiting at the village of Viswema near Nagaland's capital, Kohima, with a convoy of NSCN leaders and activists hoping to travel to his village in Manipur.
The Manipur government has sought to stop Mr Muivah's visit to Manipur because it fears the visit may inflame Naga passions as the seperatist rebel leader is scheduled to address several rallies in Naga-inhabited areas of Manipur.
The firing happened at Mao town, where Naga tribespeople had collected.
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