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Publication: Press Trust of India
Date: May 1, 2003
Two persons were killed and three
others kidnapped by NLFT insurgents in separate incidents in West Tripura
district, police on Thursday said. Two collaborators of the banned outfit
were kidnapped at gun point by the armed ultras from Jangalia village in
the district last night and one of them was later shot dead.
The other collaborator was taken
away, the police said, adding the two men were kidnapped as they had expressed
their wish to surrender.
A search operation has been launched
in the area, the police said.
In a separate incident, another
group of insurgents of the same outfit raided Tuikhamar village in the
district during the day and hacked a person to death, the police said.
Three other persons engaged in laying
railway lines were kidnapped from Jirania in the district on Wednesday
at gun point, the police said, adding efforts were on to trace them.
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Insurgents kill 19 people in Tripura
Wednesday, May 7, 2003 (Agartala):
Suspected insurgents of the banned
All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) raided Sidhai village of west Tripura district
late last night and opened indiscriminate fire. As many as 19 people died
on the spot and six others were injured in the attack.
The ATTF is said to be a militant
group that crossed over from Bangladesh into Tripura.
The group is reportedly behind the
killings of 17 people in this very village two years ago.
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Tripura militants massacre 31 people
Thursday, May 8, 2003 (Agartala):
Thirty-one people including eight
children and six women have been killed in Tripura since late Tuesday night
in a sudden burst of violence by militant groups. Most of the victims are
non-tribals.
Insurgents from the banned National
Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) raided a market in the West Tripura
district and opened indiscriminate fire in which ten people were killed.
Four people including a woman were
injured. Police are now conducting search operations in the area.
Earlier, members of the All Tripura
Tiger Force raided Satchhari, a border village in West Tripura district
and set fire to ten houses before opening fire killing 17 non-tribals.
In another incident, suspected NLFT
militants shot dead a couple at Radhanagar village in North Tripura district.
Bandh affects normal life
Normal life in Tripura was affected
today due to the dawn-to-dusk bandh called by ruling Left Front and opposition
Congress-Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura, official sources said.
Shops and other business establishments
remained closed and flow of vehicles on roads was also thin in the early
hours of the day, they said.
No untoward incident was reported
from any part of the state during the bandh, called in protest of yesterday's
militant attacks in different parts of the state killing 31 non-tribals.
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Tripura militants massacre 31 people
Thursday, May 8, 2003 (Agartala):
Thirty-one people including eight
children and six women have been killed in Tripura since late Tuesday night
in a sudden burst of violence by militant groups. Most of the victims are
non-tribals.
Insurgents from the banned National
Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) raided a market in the West Tripura
district and opened indiscriminate fire in which ten people were killed.
Four people including a woman were
injured. Police are now conducting search operations in the area.
Earlier, members of the All Tripura
Tiger Force raided Satchhari, a border village in West Tripura district
and set fire to ten houses before opening fire killing 17 non-tribals.
In another incident, suspected NLFT
militants shot dead a couple at Radhanagar village in North Tripura district.
Bandh affects normal life
Normal life in Tripura was affected
today due to the dawn-to-dusk bandh called by ruling Left Front and opposition
Congress-Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura, official sources said.
Shops and other business establishments
remained closed and flow of vehicles on roads was also thin in the early
hours of the day, they said.
No untoward incident was reported
from any part of the state during the bandh, called in protest of yesterday's
militant attacks in different parts of the state killing 31 non-tribals.
