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                Death Toll in Northeast India Attack Rises to 52

   by VOA News

   Police in northeastern India say at least 52 people have now died after
   a series of coordinated attacks by suspected tribal separatists.

   Parts of Assam state remained under curfew Wednesday following the
   violence there late Tuesday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi called
   "an act of cowardice."

   President Pranab Mukherjee condemned the attacks on his twitter account
   Wednesday, saying "such acts of terror and violence must be put down
   with a firm hand."

   Authorities have blamed the banned National Democratic Front of
   Bodoland (NDFB).  India has designated the group as a terrorist
   organization and recently launched a crackdown against them.

   The NDFB seeks an independent homeland for the indigenous Bodo people.
   The group has a history of violence against non-Bodos in the area since
   it formed in 1998. It last struck in May, killing dozens of Muslims.
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