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Cannibalism in Assam

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Jan 15, 2013
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The poisonous labor relations in the tea business in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam have spawned a horrific incident in which hundreds of uncontrollable workers descended on a tea estate, murdered the owner and his wife, burned his home and cannibalized the bodies.

The story is depressingly emblematic of a situation in which laborers are often p…

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