GAUHATI, India, Ramadan 16, 1435, July 13, 2014, SPA -- Police on Sunday fired rubber bullets and used batons to disperse hundreds of villagers protesting the abductions and killings of four traders in India's remote northeast, where ethnic tensions run high, AP reported. The protesters defied a curfew and beat up one police officer in Baksa district in Assam state, said Magistrate Vinod Seshan. The traders were abducted on Friday and their bodies recovered Sunday. No one has claimed responsibility for the killings. The villagers later retreated into their homes as army and paramilitary soldiers intensified patrols. --SPA 15:41 LOCAL TIME 12:41 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w