- Title: Gunmen kill 13 in market in India's northeast state
- Date: 5th August 2016
- Summary: PEOPLE RUNNING ACROSS ROAD (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE (DGP), MUKESH SAHAY, SAYING: "Extremists opened fire on unarmed people in the market. 12 people were killed. In our operations so far, one militant has been neutralised. We have recovered a few AK-56s and grenades from him. Efforts are on to nab the remaining three-four militants." NEW DELHI, INDIA (
- Embargoed: 19th August 2016 15:50
- Keywords: New Delhi Kokrajhar police army attack India
- Location: VARIOUS, INDIA
- City: VARIOUS, INDIA
- Country: India
- Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Crime
- Reuters ID: LVA0024TUOFUV
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Gunmen in military uniforms sprayed bullets and flung grenades into a crowded market in northeast India on Friday (August 5), killing at least 13 people.
Authorities have blamed the rampage on a regional separatist group.
A further 15 people were wounded in the attack on the outskirts of Kokrajhar town.
The attack was one of the deadliest in recent years in the state of Assam, a region with a history of sectarian and separatist bloodshed.
The assailants arrived by auto-rickshaw, witnesses said. One of them was shot dead by security forces. Troops were in pursuit of three or four others hiding in a nearby forest, Assam police chief Mukesh Sahay told reporters.
He attributed the attack to the outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland (Songbijit) group, a militant faction fighting for a separate homeland for the indigenous Bodo tribespeople.
Sahay said police had recovered an AK-47 rifle and explosives from the as yet unidentified dead gunman, as well as the assailants' three-wheeler.
State chief of Assam, Sarbananda Sonowal, announced compensation for kin of those who had lost their lives or were injured in the attack.
No one has claimed responsibility for the attack. - Copyright Holder: ANI (India)
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