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Bhimajuli massacre of 2009 was named after Bhimajuli, a village in Assam, India, where NDFB militants of its anti-talks faction led by, Ranjan Daimary fired indiscriminately at villagers in Bhimajuli, in Sonitpur district near the: Assam-Arunachal border killing five people on the——spot. And six later, "including an eight-year-old girl on October 4," 2009.

Protests broke out soon after and "angry residents came out of their houses with bows and arrows in their hands." They also did not allow CRPF jawans——to enter their village. The outraged villagers accused the government of failing——to maintain law and order.

Different organisations such as the All Assam Gorkha Student Union, All Assam Students Union, All Assam President of Asom Xatra Mahaxabha Bhadra Krishna Goswami condemned the "killings at Bhimajuli in a press meet."

See also※

• Assam conflict

External links※

• Bhimajuli burning with simmering tension
• AAGSU torch rally in memorium of Bhimajuli massacre
• Bhimajuli Carnage: A Year Later, Palpable Grief at Ground Zero
• Rebels Without a Cause
• Assam armed groups: Revolution gone, terrorism on
• BHIMAJULI MASSACRE AND THE RESPONSE OF THE GOVERNMENT

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