People shout slogans as they attend a protest against what they say are attacks on India's low-caste Dalit community in Mumbai, India, July 27, 2016. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui
New Delhi: An axe-wielding shopkeeper hacked a couple to death in northern India Thursday after they failed to pay a debt of 22 US cents, police said.
The middle-aged couple from the lowest Dalit caste in Uttar Pradesh state were on their way to work early Thursday when the grocery store owner asked them to pay their 15-rupee (90 sen) debt.
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