20 Are Held and Curfew Is Imposed After Attacks on Muslims in India

 In New Delhi there were attacks on Muslims that left at least 29 people dead. The police arrested 20 people who were suspected to be associated with the attacks. The northeastern Indian state of Assam, where the attacks occurred, have been an area of tension between the Bodo tribal group and non-Bodo residence for years. Because of the attacks, the army has imposed an indefinite curfew. The  attacks were carried out by militants with the National Democratic Font of Bodoland, an insurgent group that has wanted a separate state for decades. There were three separate attacks and the third one included the burning of 35 muslim owned homes that killed at least 19 people. This article makes me think of our class discussions on terrorism.  This group feels that have a reason to attack others. Those who are being attacked are civilians who are unarmed; therefore to me these attacks are terrorist attacks.

Monique Martinez

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/04/world/asia/militants-kill-dozens-of-muslims-in-northeastern-india-police-say.html?rref=world&module=Ribbon&version=origin&region=Header&action=click&contentCollection=World&pgtype=article