10-20-2005, 02:34 AM
Pioneer.com
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Syed Zarir Hussain/ Diphu
Tribal rebels in the hills of Assam's violence-scarred Karbi Anglong district are continuing with their death dance with seven more Karbi villagers brutally massacred, taking the toll in three-weeks of barbaric ethnic clashes to 80, officials Wednesday said.
The police on Wednesday recovered dead bodies of seven Karbi tribal people from remote Doyangmukh village, 310 kilometres east of Assam's main city of Guwahati.
This is the latest in a string of attacks in the Karbi Anglong district where violent ethnic clashes between the majority Karbis and the Dimasas have put the authorities in shame.
"A big group of heavily armed Dimasa tribal militants late Tuesday attacked the village and killed seven Karbi villagers. Some died of bullet wounds and at least three of them were hacked to dead using machetes and spears," a senior police official said requesting anonymity.
The rebels then set ablaze at least 50 homes before leaving the village. Police suspects the militants to be from the outlawed Dima Halom Daoga (DHD) that is fighting for an independent homeland for the Dimasa tribe in eastern Assam.
The attack took place even as the Army soldiers with shoot-on-sight orders were patrolling the entire district which had been put under an indefinite curfew since Monday night.
Police said Karbi rebels backed by their community members raided at least three villages belonging to the rival Dimasa tribe and torched up to 200 homes.
"There are no reports of casualties from the Dimasa villages although many people had fled their homes after the attacks," Karbi Anglong district magistrate DD Tripathi said.
On Monday 36 Karbi villagers were killed in three separate attacks, including 22 bus passengers who were hacked to death by DHD rebels.
An estimated 30,000 people, most of them Karbis, have since fled their homes fearing fresh attacks and were now staying in relief camps set up by the authorities. The majority Karbi and the Dimasas have been engaged in a bitter turf war for many years with the situation turning violent in recent weeks witharmed militants of both the tribes attacking rival community members.
<b>The Karbis bore the brunt in the recent attacks with armed DHD rebels killing 68 of the 80 dead so far, police said. </b>
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Home state of India's Prime Minister. I think he is still waiting when Sonia will visit Assam and then only he can go. Now no congressi, Commie or Sonia or Azmi sitting near Gandhi statue and asking why government is not doing anything.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Toll reaches 80 as violence continues in Assam </b>
Syed Zarir Hussain/ Diphu
Tribal rebels in the hills of Assam's violence-scarred Karbi Anglong district are continuing with their death dance with seven more Karbi villagers brutally massacred, taking the toll in three-weeks of barbaric ethnic clashes to 80, officials Wednesday said.
The police on Wednesday recovered dead bodies of seven Karbi tribal people from remote Doyangmukh village, 310 kilometres east of Assam's main city of Guwahati.
This is the latest in a string of attacks in the Karbi Anglong district where violent ethnic clashes between the majority Karbis and the Dimasas have put the authorities in shame.
"A big group of heavily armed Dimasa tribal militants late Tuesday attacked the village and killed seven Karbi villagers. Some died of bullet wounds and at least three of them were hacked to dead using machetes and spears," a senior police official said requesting anonymity.
The rebels then set ablaze at least 50 homes before leaving the village. Police suspects the militants to be from the outlawed Dima Halom Daoga (DHD) that is fighting for an independent homeland for the Dimasa tribe in eastern Assam.
The attack took place even as the Army soldiers with shoot-on-sight orders were patrolling the entire district which had been put under an indefinite curfew since Monday night.
Police said Karbi rebels backed by their community members raided at least three villages belonging to the rival Dimasa tribe and torched up to 200 homes.
"There are no reports of casualties from the Dimasa villages although many people had fled their homes after the attacks," Karbi Anglong district magistrate DD Tripathi said.
On Monday 36 Karbi villagers were killed in three separate attacks, including 22 bus passengers who were hacked to death by DHD rebels.
An estimated 30,000 people, most of them Karbis, have since fled their homes fearing fresh attacks and were now staying in relief camps set up by the authorities. The majority Karbi and the Dimasas have been engaged in a bitter turf war for many years with the situation turning violent in recent weeks witharmed militants of both the tribes attacking rival community members.
<b>The Karbis bore the brunt in the recent attacks with armed DHD rebels killing 68 of the 80 dead so far, police said. </b>
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Home state of India's Prime Minister. I think he is still waiting when Sonia will visit Assam and then only he can go. Now no congressi, Commie or Sonia or Azmi sitting near Gandhi statue and asking why government is not doing anything.