India: nine people die in farmers’ protests against new laws
by Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi from Environment | The Guardian on (#5QA2W)
Conflicting accounts about how violence broke out around convoy of minister Ajay Mishra
Nine people have been killed in violent clashes during a protest by hundreds of farmers in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, in a deadly escalation of year-long demonstrations against contentious agriculture laws.
The farmers had gathered for a demonstration on Sunday in Lakhimpur Kheri district, where the junior home affairs minister Ajay Mishra and the state's deputy chief minister, Keshav Prasad Maurya, were due to visit.
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