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Indian army called after rebels kill 29 Muslims

By Wasbir Hussain
Published May 3, 2014 4:31am ET
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Indian army called after rebels kill 29 Muslims
Bodies of victims are laid in a row on the ground in Kokrajhar, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, Friday, May 2, 2014. Separatist militants opened fire with automatic weapons on Muslim villagers in remote northeastern India, killing at least 10 people, including two children, in two attacks, police said Friday. Four people were wounded. (AP Photo) | AP

GAUHATI, India (AP) — Authorities in India’s remote northeast called in the army to restore order and imposed an indefinite curfew after recovering seven more bodies Saturday that brought to 29 the number of Muslim villagers killed by separatists rebels in the worst outbreak of violence in the region in two years.

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