Militants open fire in Assam’s Kokrajhar, 11 killed

Mangalore Today News Network

Dispur, May 02, 2014: Seven civilians, including two children and four women, were killed on Friday after suspected militants opened fire in a village in Kokrajhar under Bodoland Territorial Administrative District (BTAD) of Assam.

assam National Democratic Front of Bodoland (Songbijit) militants are suspected to be behind the attack.

A group of heavily-armed extremists swooped down on two houses in Balaparajan Village-1 under Goreswar police station at around 1 am and opened indiscriminate fire, killing seven persons on the spot, IGP LR Bishnoi told a news agency.

The two injured men have been admitted to a hospital in a serious condition, he said.

The Army and police have launched a massive combing operation to flush out the militants.

Last night, another group of NDFB-S ultras in Daksa district of BTAD had gunned down three persons, including two women, and injured an infant.

Kokrajhar district had witnessed large-scale ethnic violence between Bodos and non-Bodos two years ago.

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