Assam: Bodo militants gun down at least 50 adivasis, curfew imposed

Bodo militants gunned down at least 50 adivasis and injured several others in orchestrated attacks across the Sonitpur and Kokrajhar districts of Assam on Tuesday evening, the police said. The attackers belonged to the anti-talks National Democratic Front of Bodoland (Songbijit) faction. All the victims were adivasis, who along with migrant Muslims have been the target of sectarian violence in areas sought under the Bodo tribal rule.Following the attacks, several adivasi organisations called for a shutdown on Wednesday. Adivasis, categorized as 'tea tribe' in Assam, were brought by the British from central India to work as tea plantation workers more than 150 years ago.