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Ethnic tensions between Bodos and Bengali-speaking Muslims escalated into a riot in Kokrajhar on 20 July 2012, when Muslims killed four Bodo youth at Joypur. [27] This was followed by retaliatory attacks on local Muslims killing two and injuring several of them on the morning of 21 July 2012. [27]
The violence in Assam took on an ethnic hue on Wednesday, a day after armed Bodo rebels gunned down more than 70 Adivasis and injured 15 in orchestrated attacks in different parts of the state.
May 2, 2014 · There seems to be no end to the bloodbath in Assam as seven more bodies have been found in Baksa district, taking the total death toll to 32 in the last 36 hours. This comes after suspected Bodoland militants killed at least 23 people in a span of 24 hours in Kokrajhar and Baksa districts of lower Assam.
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Dec 25, 2014 · The Songbijit Brahma faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) on Tuesday killed 75 people, including women and children, in an almost simultaneous attack on adivasi settlers in four locations spread in two districts of Assam-Kokrajhar and Sonitpur.
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Dec 23, 2014 · At least 34 people were killed, including 13 children and 10 women, when heavily armed NDFB(S) militants launched simultaneous attacks on Adivasi settlers in four different locations spread in two Assam districts, Kokrajhar and Sonitpur, Tuesday evening.
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Dec 24, 2014 · While 62 Adivasis — 37 in Sonitpur and 25 in Kokrajhar — were killed in Tuesday’s attacks, they reportedly hit back on Wednesday, killing five Bodos — three in Chirang and two in Sonitpur. Three other persons were killed when police opened fire on a group of protesters in Dhekiajuli today. The death toll is likely to increase. Advertisement.
Suspected Bodo rebels killed 13 people at a crowded marketplace in Assam’s Kokrajhar district on Friday, police said, potentially throwing up the first major militancy-related challenge for...
