Forced to flee: Despair after India deadly ethnic clashes

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Deadly ethnic violence in India's troubled Manipur state divided communities but each side tells similar stories of loved ones murdered, homes torched and harsh new lives in camps.

At least 120 people have been killed since May in armed clashes between the predominantly Hindu Meitei majority and the mainly Christian Kuki in the northeastern state. Many in Manipur believe the number could be higher.
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00:30 I can't predict before, but it may take years,
00:34 or it may take days, or it may take months.
00:37 But I'm sure that I will certainly go back to my home.
00:40 We want to get back to our normal life
00:43 that we totally lost for these two months.
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