India: Fresh Violence in Assam, Toll Rises to 59

  • 12/16/2022
  • 07:44
  • 4
  • 0
  • 0
news-picture

Guwahati, Ramadan 17, 1433, Aug 5, 2012, SPA - Three persons were killed in fresh violence in north-east Indian state Assam's Chirang district, one of the scenes of the recent Bodo-Muslim clashes, raising the toll to 59. The three - a man and his two sons - had left the camp for displaced persons at Kawatika village in Bijni area of Chirang district on Saturday, Chirang Superintendent of Police Kumar Sanjib Krishna told Press Trust of India. "They left the camp yesterday afternoon without informing anybody and without any security. Since then they were untraced. Today we found their bodies at Borlangshu village at Chirang district," he said. The three, belonging to the minority community, had been stabbed to death, he said. --SPA 14:40 LOCAL TIME 11:40 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/1020403

مشاركة :