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One dead as India protests against new short-term army jobs widen

Flames rise from a train set on fire by protesters at Secunderabad railway station in Telangana state, India [Mahesh Kumar A/AP]

At least one person has died and more than a dozen injured as protests against a new short-term government recruitment policy for the military enter a third day in India.

The death was reported on Friday from the southern Telangana state – a sign the protests were spreading – where police opened fire as a crowd gathered at Secunderabad railway station and torched train coaches. It was not clear if the man died in the police firing.

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