GUWAHATI, India (AFP) -- At least 16 people died and dozens were injured in three days of clashes in India's insurgency-hit northeast, police said Sunday.

Violence erupted after village officials belonging to the tribal Bodo group were attacked by Muslims, police said.
Other groups in remote Assam state joined the clashes, with mobs armed with machetes, spears and homemade guns targeting rival communities.
Troops were instructed to shoot on sight in two districts of the state where a curfew has been imposed, police said.
“The toll as of now is 16 killed and about 50 wounded, some critically. About 200 houses have been torched,” a senior police official said, requesting not to be named.
About 10,000 people have fled their homes and are living in state-run relief centers.