Assam death toll rises to 72, Rajnath, Rijiju reaches Guwahati
Dec 25, 2014, at 01:06 am
Guwahati, Dec 24 (IBNS): At least ten people were killed in Assam in a fresh violence on Wednesday taking the death toll in the state to 72 where at least 62 people were killed by NDFB (S) faction in Kokrajhar and Sonitpur district and rests lost their lives in reprisals.
Assam toll reaches 70, more killed in police firing, backlash
Dec 24, 2014, at 11:06 pm
Guwahati/New Delhi, Dec 24 (IBNS) The death toll in the spiralling ethnic violence in Assam, where tribal Bodo militant group NDFB-S faction gunned down 62 men, women and children on Tuesday in four coordinated attacks, rose to 70 on Wednesday as reprisals followed and police resorted to firing to quell an unruly mob.