Fourteen persons, including two women, were killed in
Kokrajhar district of Assam in broad daylight on Friday when militants
dressed in Army fatigues opened fire and hurled bombs at a busy weekly
market. Though the incident occurred 15 km from Kokrajhar town, an Army
patrol van which was nearby when the firing started engaged the
terrorists, killing one of them.
“The incident
occurred at Balajan-Tinali market between 11.40 a.m. and 11.45 a.m. In
the retaliation, one terrorist was killed,” L.R. Bishnoi,
Inspector-General of Police, Bodoland Territorial Area District, told
The Hindu
.
Eighteen persons were injured, though agencies put
the number at 20. Most of the victims were killed on the spot and two
died while being taken to hospital.
NDFB faction suspected
Mr.
Bishnoi said there was “no doubt” that one of the factions of the
National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) was behind the attack.
Initial
reports said two militants came in an auto rickshaw and opened fire
indiscriminately and hurled grenades on the shops. The Army said swift
action by the troops “prevented indiscriminate killings of civilians in
the crowded market place.”
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