Photos: In village worst hit by Assam violence, houses burn, hundreds flee
Tuesday’s massacre in Assam’s Kokrajhar and Sonitpur districts where Bodo militants killed 78 people brutally unleashed a series of retaliatory attacks.
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Tuesday's massacre in Assam's Kokrajhar and Sonitpur districts where Bodo militants killed 78 people brutally unleashed a series of retaliatory attacks. In this photo, a tribal worker wields a bow and arrow as he stands next to a burning house which belonged to Bodo tribesmen in Balijuri village, in Sonitpur district. Reuters
Militants, who are fighting for a separate homeland for indigenous Bodo tribesmen, went on a killing spree in Assam on Tuesday, killing 78 in four attacks in the space of an hour. In this photo, villagers were forced to relocate to safer place after they were attacked in Kokrajhar. PTI
A policeman walks past injured tribal demonstrators after the angry villagers clashed with the police at Dekiajuli town in the Assam on Thursday. Police fired on demonstrators protesting against the killing 78 by tribal guerrillas, killing five of them. Reuters
Villagers burn houses belonging to indigenous Bodo tribesmen after ethnic clashes in Balijuri village, in Sonitpur district of Assam on Thursday. Reuters
Villagers affected by sectarian clashes receive food items at a relief camp in Tinsuti village, in Sonitpur district of Assam on Thursday. The government deployed military helicopters to hunt down tribal militants in Assam on Thursday after rebels killed 78 people. Reuters
Tribal plantation workers armed with tools for self-defence move to a safer place after ethnic clashes in Tenganala village in Sonitpur district in Assam. Reuters