Violence scars Assam as attacks and counter attacks claim 72 lives
24 Dec 2014 9:36 AM IST24 Dec 2014 9:36 AM IST
Violence scars Assam as attacks and counter attacks claim 72 lives
Members of All Adivasi Students Association blocks the National Highway as they protest after the attacks by NDFB, in Margherita on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)- An injured woman and her child being treated at a hospital in Sonitpur, Assam on Tuesday night. Many people were killed after heavily armed NDFB(S) militants attacked Adivasi settlers. (Photo: PTI)
- Home Minister Rajnath Singh spoke to Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and offered him all assistance to deal with the situation arising out of the massacre (Photo: Twitter)
- Home ministry sources said it has sought a report from the state government on the series of attacks by the militants (Photo: Twitter)
- Additional paramilitary personnel were being rushed by Union home ministry to Sonitpur and Kokrajhar districts of Assam where NDFB(S) militants shot dead 52 people (Photo: Twitter)
- The injured have been rushed to a hospital in Kokrajhar town from Pakhiriguri, which is in a jungle near Indo-Bhutan border (Photo: Twitter)
- A group of NDFB(S) militants with sophisticated arms fired at people in Sonajuli under Biswanath Chariali sub-division in Tinisuti near the Arunachal Pradesh border (Photo: Twitter)
- All those killed in Sonitpur attack were stated to be Adivasis, said Superintendent of Police Sanjukta Parasar (Photo: Twitter)
- The injured have been brought to Sonitpur sub-divisional civil hospital (Photo: Twitter)
- A spokesperson of Assam Police said 30 persons were gunned down in Sonitpur district alone, while four were killed in Kokrajhar on Tuesday evening (Photo: Twitter)
- Five attacks took place at various spots - men, women and children were mowed down with AK-47 bullets, sources in the police said (Photo: Twitter)
- A total of 52 people, including four women, were killed and 10 others injured in a series of attacks by suspected NDFB (Songbijit) militants in Sonitpur and Kokrajhar districts of Assam (Photo: Twitter)
- People block Gossaigaon Railway Station in Kokrajhar Dist as they protest against the Bodo militant attacks on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)
- Security personnel trying to whisk the activists of Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) trying to burn the effigy of Chief Minister of Assam Tarun Gogoi in front of Assam Secretariat to protest against the government's failure to protect people, in
- People block Gossaigaon Railway Station in Kokrajhar Dist as they protest against the Bodo militant attacks on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)
- People block Gossaigaon Railway Station in Kokrajhar Dist as they protest against the Bodo militant attacks on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)
- A tractor burnt by protesters at Gossaigaon in Kokrajhar dist, Assam on Wednesday after the NDFB (S) militants' attacked at four places in Assam. (Photo: PTI)
- Adivasi villagers gather at a safer place after Bodo militants group National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) attack, in Phulbari village on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)
- Adivasi youth holds weapons after Bodo militants group National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) attack, in Phulbari village. (Photo: PTI)
- Supporters of All Assam Tea Tribe Student Association burn articles as they block the National Highway to protest against the attacks by NDFB, in Sonitpur. (Photo: PTI)
- Supporters of All Assam Tea Tribe Student Association block the National Highway to protest against the attacks by NDFB, in Sonitpur. (Photo: PTI)
- Supporters of All Assam Tea Tribe Student Association blocked the National Highway to protest against the attacks by NDFB, in Sonitpur. (Photo: AP)
Members of All Adivasi Students Association blocks the National Highway as they protest after the attacks by NDFB, in Margherita on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)
Violence scars Assam as attacks and counter attacks claim 72 lives
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