01-07-2007, 03:40 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>26 gunned down, Rajdhani targeted by the UFLAs </b>
Agencies | Guwahati
The migrants in Assam have once again been the main targets of ULFA militants today when the terrorists shot dead 26 people and injured five others in three separate attacks in Tinsukia and Dibrugarh districts.
In another incident, a militant group patronised by the ULFA <b>set off a bomb on the tracks damaging the air-conditioning unit and the water tank of a three tier coach of the Dibrugarh-bound Rajdhani Express from New Delhi</b>. There was, however, no casualty in the explosion.
Heavily armed ULFA militants descended on the Ghuramora village in Tinsukia district in the wee hours today and<b> shot dead 16 milkmen, mostly from Bihar</b>. Another four were killed and five injured at Charaipung forest village in the district.
Six other milkmen were gunned down in neighbouring Dibrugarh district, official sources said.
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Home Minister Shivraj Patil, who convened an emergency meeting to discuss the situation, described the incidents as "an attempt to disturb communal harmony in Assam".
Expressing the Government's commitment to deal with terrorism firmly, he sought full cooperation of the people of Assam in the fight.Â
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WHy sudden spike?
Agencies | Guwahati
The migrants in Assam have once again been the main targets of ULFA militants today when the terrorists shot dead 26 people and injured five others in three separate attacks in Tinsukia and Dibrugarh districts.
In another incident, a militant group patronised by the ULFA <b>set off a bomb on the tracks damaging the air-conditioning unit and the water tank of a three tier coach of the Dibrugarh-bound Rajdhani Express from New Delhi</b>. There was, however, no casualty in the explosion.
Heavily armed ULFA militants descended on the Ghuramora village in Tinsukia district in the wee hours today and<b> shot dead 16 milkmen, mostly from Bihar</b>. Another four were killed and five injured at Charaipung forest village in the district.
Six other milkmen were gunned down in neighbouring Dibrugarh district, official sources said.
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Home Minister Shivraj Patil, who convened an emergency meeting to discuss the situation, described the incidents as "an attempt to disturb communal harmony in Assam".
Expressing the Government's commitment to deal with terrorism firmly, he sought full cooperation of the people of Assam in the fight.Â
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WHy sudden spike?