Information About Incident 13816-23313-54878 in Puducherry India

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Approximately 70 Hmar Peoples Convention (HPC-Democratic) terrorists reportedly attacked the Dipucherra Dimasa village, abandoned by the villagers recently, and set ablaze at least 50 houses, they said.

From this sentence, the following information was extracted.

• Meta Location: Dipucherra Dimasa
• Matched District: Puducherry
• Actgroup: attack
• Actor: Approximately 70 Hmar Peoples Convention ( HPC - Democratic ) terrorists
• Subject: the Dipucherra Dimasa village , abandoned by the villagers recently

Context

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In continuing ethnic violence, one terrorist was killed and a police personnel injured while 50 Dimasa houses were set ablaze in the Cachar district of Assam on June 16, said official sources. Approximately 70 Hmar Peoples Convention (HPC-Democratic) terrorists reportedly attacked the Dipucherra Dimasa village, abandoned by the villagers recently, and set ablaze at least 50 houses, they said. A police team from Joypur police station later encountered the HPC-D terrorists when they were about to escape, killing one of them while one Sub-Inspector of Police sustained injuries. However, rest of the terrorists managed to escape into the nearby forests. Security forces cordoned off the area and have launched a combing operation to arrest the terrorists and also prevent them from crossing over to other areas. One person has been arrested thus far in connection with this incident.

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