Story highlights Mob pulls rape suspect out of jail and kills him

Suspect was undocumented Bangladeshi settler

Racial tensions between local Naga people and Bangladeshi migrants high

New Delhi, India (CNN) A mob, consisting of thousands of people, stormed a prison compound in India's far northeast, dragging out a rape suspect before beating him to death on the streets on Thursday, authorities say.

Police say they tried to stave off the mob with tear gas and opened fire, killing one person.

The crowd targeted a 35-year-old suspect, identified as an undocumented Bangladeshi settler, who died of his injuries before officers could rescue him, said L.L. Doungal, the director-general of police in the remote Nagaland state, where the attack took place.

The mob that broke into the main jail in the state's Dimapur district was comprised of "thousands" of people, Doungal told CNN. "Many of them were students in uniform," he said.

The suspect was accused of raping a local woman on February 23.

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