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963:. After two NDFB cadre were killed by Assam Police, the NDFB militants attacked villagers at 6:25pm on 23 December 2014 in 3 districts of Assam: Kokrajhar, Sonitpur, and Chirang. They killed around 65 unarmed Adivasi, including 21 women and 18 children. The attacks happened during preparations for
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560:8th Mumbai
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467:7th Mumbai
356:Kakopathar
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253:3rd Mumbai
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227:1st Mumbai
58:2014-12-23
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753:3rd Sukma
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694:Gurdaspur
673:4th Assam
658:2nd Sukma
653:3rd Assam
627:Bodh Gaya
617:1st Sukma
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581:7th Delhi
565:6th Delhi
539:5th Delhi
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489:2nd Assam
460:1st Assam
428:Ahmedabad
329:2nd Delhi
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297:1st Delhi
195:Akshardam
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893:Santhals
870:Sonitpur
774:Sunjuwan
748:Shajapur
484:Guwahati
449:Agartala
444:Malegaon
351:W Bengal
346:Malegaon
291:Begumpet
216:Rafiganj
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832:Rajouri
795:Pulwama
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722:Pampore
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1061:50,000
1054:2 lakh
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416:Jaipur
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632:Patna
394:Ajmer
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