Seven people, including two children and four women, were killed by suspected NDFB (Songbijit) militants in a village of Kokrajhar district of Assam late on Thursday night. This village is under the Bodoland Territorial Administrative District (BTAD).

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This is the second incident of civilians being killed in the state in less than 24 hours. Another incident of firing happened the same night in Assam's Baksa district, where a group of extremists entered a house and gunned down the three members of a family which consisted of two women and an infant as well. The assailants fled after the incident.

A joint combing operation by the police and paramilitary forces has been launched in the area to track down the assailants, official sources said.