Assam Violence

Dec 27, 2014, 14:08 PM IST
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Tribal people burn tires to block a national highway during a twelve-hour general strike in Biswanath Chariali in Indian northeastern state of Assam.

Tribal people burn tires to block a national highway during a twelve-hour general strike in Biswanath Chariali in Indian northeastern state of Assam.

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Tribal people allow an ambulance to go as they burn tires to block a national highway during a twelve hour general strike in Biswanath Chariali in Indian northeastern state of Assam.

Tribal people allow an ambulance to go as they burn tires to block a national highway during a twelve hour general strike in Biswanath Chariali in Indian northeastern state of Assam.

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A government doctor checks a tribal woman at a camp in Shamukjuli village in Sonitpur district of Indian eastern state of Assam.

A government doctor checks a tribal woman at a camp in Shamukjuli village in Sonitpur district of Indian eastern state of Assam.

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Tribal men walk with their bow and arrow on a field at Sonajuli village in Sonitpur district of Indian eastern state of Assam.

Tribal men walk with their bow and arrow on a field at Sonajuli village in Sonitpur district of Indian eastern state of Assam.

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Tribal people watch mass cremation of villagers who were killed during an attack by an indigenous separatist group, in a field near a relief camp at Tinsuti village in Sonitpur district of Indian eastern state of Assam.

Tribal people watch mass cremation of villagers who were killed during an attack by an indigenous separatist group, in a field near a relief camp at Tinsuti village in Sonitpur district of Indian eastern state of Assam.

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Tribal settlers take refuge in a local school after their village was attacked by an indigenous separatist group called the National Democratic Front of Bodoland, in Shamukjuli village in Sonitpur district of Indian eastern state of Assam.

Tribal settlers take refuge in a local school after their village was attacked by an indigenous separatist group called the National Democratic Front of Bodoland, in Shamukjuli village in Sonitpur district of Indian eastern state of Assam.

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An injured woman and her child are carried in an ambulance to a local hospital in Sonitpur district in India's northeast state of Assam.

An injured woman and her child are carried in an ambulance to a local hospital in Sonitpur district in India's northeast state of Assam.

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An injured person is treated at a hospital in Kokrajhar district, in northeast state of Assam.

An injured person is treated at a hospital in Kokrajhar district, in northeast state of Assam.