Four Hindi-speaking people shot dead by Bodoland militants
June 30th, 2009 - 2:45 pm ICT by ANI
- Guwahati, June 30 (ANI): At least four Hindi-speaking people were shot dead and two others injured by heavily-armed National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) militants in Assam’s Sonitput District on Tuesday.
According to the police, the incident took place at around 9:30 a.m. near the Naharani tea estate at Rangapara in Sonitput district when militants fired from AK-47 rifles on a group of people.
The deceased included two women.
The injured are undergoing treatment at the Tezpur Hospital.
The police have launched a search operation to arrest the culprits. (ANI)
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- - national democratic front
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- - search operation
- - tea estate
- - two women
- - undergoing treatment
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