| India: At least 21 people were shot dead and eight wounded in two attacks early Wednesday by tribal rebels in India's insurgency-driven northeastern state of Tripura, sources said. Rebels from the All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) dragged sleeping villagers from their houses in Fimnacherra village, 25 kilometres (15 miles) north of Tripura's capital Agartala, lined them up and shot them at close range, said Gautam Das, chief of Tripura's counterinsurgency unit. Nineteen — including women and children — died on the spot while eight villagers were severely wounded, he said. In the second attack, two people were gunned down by members of the National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT), near Agartala early Wednesday. Both the ATTF and the NLFT are outlawed groups fighting for the past decade for an independent homeland for Tripura's tribal community. |