At least 12 people were killed and one injured Wednesday in fighting between rival rebel factions in India's remote northeast, police said.
"Heavily armed cadres of two rebel factions clashed Wednesday morning, leading to the death of 12 militants and injuries to another," Leiremo Lotha, Dimapur superintendent of police, told The Associated Press.
Factional battles between rival Naga rebel factions around Dimapur, Nagaland state's commercial hub, have led to the deaths of more than 30 people in the past month.
Wednesday's gunbattle was between rival factions of the separatist National Socialist Council of Nagaland, which has been fighting for a half-century to create a separate country for the Naga people.
The incident took place near Keloshe village, nine miles (15 kilometers) southeast of Dimapur.
On May 16, 12 rebels were killed in similar fighting.
About 2 million Nagas live in northeastern India, a region of myriad ethnic groups that has long been plagued by dozens of insurgencies.
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