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Forces kill 11 militants in Assam
Security forces killed at least 11 tribal militants in a fierce gun battle on Saturday in the country's restive northeast, a police officer said.
- Reuters
- Published: 23:37 May 10, 2008
Guwahati: Security forces killed at least 11 tribal militants in a fierce gun battle on Saturday in the country's restive northeast, a police officer said.
The fighting took place in a mountainous region of the northeastern state of Assam, where 30 armed militants were intercepted by security forces during a patrol, said the officer, who did not wish to be named.
"Eleven of them were killed and several others injured," he said.
Police suspect the dead rebels to be members of a breakaway group of the little known Dima Halam Daogah group, fighting for regional autonomy in the region, police said.
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