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Police kill 3 suspected rebels in northeast India

By Wasbir Hussain
Published May 4, 2014 12:48pm ET
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Police kill 3 suspected rebels in northeast India
A villager pushes a bicycle carrying children and belongings, leaving their violence-affected village of Narayanguri, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, Saturday, May 3 2014. Police in India arrested 22 people after separatist rebels went on a rampage, burning homes and killing dozens of Muslims in the worst outbreak of ethnic violence in the remote northeastern region in two years, officials said Saturday. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath) | Anupam Nath

GAUHATI, India (AP) — Police said Sunday they killed three suspected rebels and arrested eight forest guards for alleged involvement in the killings of 31 Muslims in the worst ethnic violence in India’s remote northeast in two years.

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