• State, armed outfits continue extra-judicial killings

Kantipur, March 26, 2011.

The state and various armed groups are competing in perpetrating extra-judicial killings in Tarai, a report shows.

“The Series of Extra-judicial Killings in Terai”, published by the Democratic Freedom and Human Rights Institute (DFHRI) on Friday shows the state was involved in 133 extra-judicial killings while armed groups were involved in 128 cases during the 2007-2010 period.

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