GAUHATI, India, May 12, SPA -- Police say suspected rebels lined upand fatally shot eight rail workers in India's insurgency-wracked northeastern region of Assam. Inspector-General of Police Khagen Sharma says Sunday'sattack by suspected insurgents came a day after the Indianarmy killed six rebels in a shootout, the Associated Press reported. The attack took place in the village of Faiding, about 300kilometers (200 miles) south of the Assam state capital ofGauhati. Sharma said Monday that authorities suspect the attack wascarried out by a faction of the Dima Halam Daogah rebelgroup. --SPA www.spa.gov.sa/555009