الهند: متمردو قبيلة البودو يحصدون أرواح عشرات المسلمين

خبر من مصادر إنجليزية.

تجدَّدت هجمات متمردي قبيلة "البودو" بولاية "أسام" الهندية، ليقع ضحيتها عشرات المسلمين القرويين (نحو 29 قتيلاً مسلمًا)، إضافة إلى فرار المئات من منازلهم وأراضيهم؛ مما دفع الهند لنشر الجيش لضبط الوضع بالمنطقة، التي شهدت اعتداءات وحشية مماثلة منذ عامين.

وقد شن أفراد "البودو" هجماتهم بالاعتداء على المسلمين وحرق منازلهم، واتهامهم بالتسلل غير الشرعي إلى "الهند" لكونهم مواطنين من "بنجلاديش".

وقد أكدت المصادر الأمنية أن غالبية الضحايا من النساء والأطفال، وهذا في ظل إجراء الانتخابات البرلمانية المحلية، التي أشار المراقبون إلى أن اعتداءات "البودو" جاءت ردًّا على عزوف المسلمين عن التصويت للمرشح الذي يمثل "البودو" بالبرلمان؛ المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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Indian Army Called After Rebels Kill 29 Muslims

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 separatist rebels in the worst outbreak of violence in the region in two years.

Army troops marched through the troubled areas of Assam state in a show of force after police said gunmen from the Bodo tribe, which has long accused Muslims of sneaking into India illegally from neighboring Bangladesh, went on a shooting rampage, setting ablaze Muslim homes and firing indiscriminately on civilians.

At least eight women and as many children were among the dead, said regional police inspector general L.R. Bishnoi.

Heavy rains Saturday hampered government forces from tracking down the rebels, who belong to a faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland, which has been fighting for a separate homeland for the ethnic Bodo people for decades. The Bodos are an indigenous tribe in Assam, making up 10 percent of the state's 33 million people.

The violence came at a time of heightened security during India's general election, with the voting taking place over six weeks. Tensions have been high since a Bodo lawmaker in India's Parliament criticized Muslims for not voting for the Bodo candidate, said Lafikul Islam Ahmed, leader of a Muslim youth organization called the All Bodoland Muslim Students' Union.

Local television reports showed hundreds of Muslim villagers fleeing their homes with belongings on pushcarts or in their hands. Most were headed to nearby Dubri district, which is near the border with Bangladesh. Nearly 400 people have fled so far, Bishnoi said.

The army was asked to hold flag marches in the troubled districts after the curfew was imposed on Friday, he said.

In 2012, weekslong violence between Bodo people and Muslims killed as many as 100 people in the same area.