Counter killings in Assam

GUWAHATI, DEC. 10. Seven persons were killed today as attacks on relatives of the ULFA and Bodo militants continued in Assam.

Gunmen raided the house of Lakhan Rabha, elder brother of ULFA member, Satrughan, and shot him dead at Dakuakata in Goalpara district, official sources here said.

In the neighbouring Darrang district, NDFB ultras raided the house of Putu Boro (23), a former NDFB member, who had surrendered to the Army, and shot him dead. As family members of Boro resisted, the ultras shot dead his father, Nripen Boro (50), his sister Anima Boro. His wife Konika Boro was seriously injured.

The State Governor, Lt. Gen.(Retd), Mr. S. K. Sinha, has ordered tight security around the house of ULFA members' relatives.

- PTI

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