At least 14 people were killed in a terror attack in Assam’s Kokrajhar district on Friday, the state’s top police officer told news agency ANI. There are reports that three militants opened fire in the Balajan Tiniali market area, a few kilometres away from Kokrajhar town to which the security forces responded.
One militant was gunned down in a subsequent gun battle. Police suspect the involvement of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB). The DGP also said that grenade and other weapons have been recovered from the site.
The injured have been shifted to nearby hospitals. The area has been cordoned off by police and Army forces as they launched operations to look for militants hiding in nearby buildings.