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| Five Children Among Seven Bodies |
| Assam Violence: Five Children Among Seven Bodies Found Overnight, Toll 31
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| INDIA
, 3-May-2014
8:24:0 AM |
| Seven bodies have been found in the Baksa district in Assam overnight, taking the number of people killed in the violence in the state to 31 in the last 36 hours.
A curfew has been imposed, and shoot at sight orders have been given in the Kokrajhar, Chirang and Baksa districts in Assam, after killings by suspected Bodo rebels
Seven bodies were found overnight in Shalbari in Baksa district. Five of them were children.
2.The Army has been called in, and its teams staged flag marches in troubled areas. A curfew, which was imposed in the three districts, has been relaxed in Chirang and Kokrajhar.
3.The Union home ministry has sent 10 companies of central para-military forces to Kokrajhar and Baksa. Six companies of central security forces have reached Kokrajhar. (Read: 11 Dead in Targeted Killings in 12 Hours in Kokrajhar)
4.The police have arrested 12 people in Baksa and have picked up eight for questioning in Kokrajhar. Sources say those arrested were providing logistics to the extremists carrying out the attacks.
5.At an emergency meeting chaired by Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi this afternoon, the Assam government has decided to seek a probe by the National Investigation Agency into the violence.
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