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India attack: Suspected rebels kill dozens in Assam India attack: Suspected rebels kill dozens in Assam
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At least 33 people have been killed by gunmen in remote villages of India's north-eastern Assam state, police say. Separatist rebels have killed at least 52 people in remote villages of India's north-eastern Assam state, police say.
Women and children were said to be among the victims, warning that the death toll could rise further. Women and children were said to be among the victims, amid fears that the death toll could rise further.
The authorities blame the attack on a rebel group fighting for more rights for the indigenous Bodo people. Police blame the attacks on the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB).
They believe it may have been launched in revenge for the killing of two militant leaders in a security operation earlier this week. The NDFB wants an independent homeland for the ethnic group to be carved out of Assam. Tuesday's attacks took place in areas populated by non-Bodo people.
An Assam police spokesman said the gunmen attacked the villages in Sonitpur and Kokrajhar districts late on Tuesday, the Hindustan Times reports.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior Assam officials condemned the raid.Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior Assam officials condemned the raid.
Police said the rebels attacked the villages in Sonitpur and Kokrajhar districts late on Tuesday.
Authorities have imposed an indefinite curfew in Sonitpur, where at least 30 people, including 10 women, were killed.
Those killed were mainly tribespeople who worked in the local tea gardens, reports said.
Villagers who escaped the attacks told police that the armed rebels came on foot, forced open the doors of their huts and opened fire. Some villagers were pulled out of their houses and gunned down.
"They didn't even spare women and children," a police officer told Reuters news agency.
In the past, Bodo rebels have targeted local tribespeople along with Muslim settlers.
In May, 32 people belonging to the minority Muslim community were killed in two attacks in Kokrajhar and Baksa districts.
More than 100 Muslim migrants were killed in another such raid at Bansbari, a makeshift camp for displaced Muslims in 1993.
The Bodos now have an autonomous territorial council which one of their parties, the Bodoland People's Front (BPF), controls. But many feel migrants have taken over much of the land they traditionally occupied.
Assam has been plagued by ethnic clashes and separatist violence in recent years.Assam has been plagued by ethnic clashes and separatist violence in recent years.
A number of rebel groups have been fighting the central authorities, demanding autonomy or independent homelands for the indigenous groups they represent.A number of rebel groups have been fighting the central authorities, demanding autonomy or independent homelands for the indigenous groups they represent.