Date:15/01/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/01/15/stories/2008011559900100.htm

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Five killed in Assam militant attack

Sushanta Talukdar

Guwahati: Five persons including a minor girl were gunned down and two others including a minor boy were injured in a fierce attack inside Kopili Power House Campus of North Eastern Electric Power Coporaion (NEEPCO) at Umrangshu in southern Assam’s North Cachar Hills district by suspected militants of the Dima Halam Daogah (Jewel) (also known as Black Widow) on Monday.

In another incident, at least six persons including four security personnel were injured when suspected militants of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) exploded a grenade in central Assam’s Morigaon town on Monday night.

Giving details of the attack at the NEEPCO Power House, the police said a group of Suspected DHD (J) militants arrived at the spot in a Bolero vehicle around 1 p.m. and started firing indiscriminately.

As a result two security guards —Trolin Lamare(32) and Suresh Koch (40), Anamika Koch (minor daughter of Suresh Koch), Sahadeb Nath (labour) and Jatia (water carrier) died of bullet wounds.

Sahadeb’s four year old minor son and Anamika’s mother sustained bullet injuries in the attack.

In the second incident, three CRPF and two civilians sustained splinter injuries when a grenade suspected to have been planted by ULFA militants exploded in the heart of Morigaon town.