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{{Infobox civilian attack
| title = Bhimajuli massacre
| image =
| caption =
| location = [[Sonitpur]], [[Assam]], [[India]]
| coordinates =
| date =October 4, 2009
| time =
| type = Shooting massacre
| weapons = Firearms
| timezone =
| fatalities = 12
| injuries =
| perp = [[National Democratic Front of Bodoland|NDFB]]
}}

'''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 <ref name=autogenerated1>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121104003152/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-10-05/guwahati/28090064_1_ndfb-militants-villagers-ranjan-daimary Army deployed at Bhimajuli as massacre toll touches 12 - The Times of India]</ref> killing five people on the spot<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://beta.thehindu.com/news/article28981.ece?service=mobile |title=The Hindu : News : Militants gun down 14 in Assam |access-date=2010-11-20 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709120243/http://beta.thehindu.com/news/article28981.ece?service=mobile |archive-date=2012-07-09 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and six later, including an eight-year-old girl on October 4, 2009.<ref name=autogenerated1 />

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.<ref>[http://sikhim.blogspot.com/2009/10/aagsu-torch-rally-in-memorium-of.html AAGSU torch rally in memorium of Bhimajuli massacre | Proud to be a Sikkimese]</ref> The outraged villagers accused the government of failing to maintain law and order.

Different organisations such as the [[All Assam Gorkha Student Union]],<ref name=autogenerated1 /> All Assam Students Union, All Assam President of Asom Xatra Mahaxabha Bhadra Krishna Goswami condemned the killings at Bhimajuli in a press meet.<ref>[http://www.assamtimes.org/hot-news/3471.html Assam Times - Xatra Mahaxabha President condemned Bhimajuli incident] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727024238/http://www.assamtimes.org/hot-news/3471.html |date=July 27, 2011 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Assam conflict]]

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110727024250/http://www.assamtimes.org/hot-news/3470.html Bhimajuli burning with simmering tension ]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110912223240/http://www.darjeelingtimes.com/news/Photo-Stories/AAGSU-torch-rally-in-memorium-of-Bhimajuli-massacre.html AAGSU torch rally in memorium of Bhimajuli massacre ]
* [http://www.newslivetv.com/topnews/index.php?aID=15927&s=2badc5be3ba4e6fb05bd4566301beee9&cat=3 Bhimajuli Carnage: A Year Later, Palpable Grief at Ground Zero ]
* [http://www.easternpanorama.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=782:rebels-without-a-cause&catid=29:november&Itemid=9 Rebels Without a Cause ]
* [http://www.modernghana.com/news/244466/1/assam-armed-groups-revolution-gone-terrorism-on.html Assam armed groups: Revolution gone, terrorism on ]
* [http://beacononline.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/article-bhimajuli-massacre-and-the-response-of-the-government/ BHIMAJULI MASSACRE AND THE RESPONSE OF THE GOVERNMENT ]

==References==
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[[Category:Massacres in 2009]]
[[Category:October 2009 crimes]]
[[Category:October 2009 events in India]]
[[Category:Massacres in India]]
[[Category:2000s in Assam]]
[[Category:Crime in Assam]]
[[Category:Sonitpur district]]
[[Category:Mass shootings in India]]
[[Category:2009 mass shootings]]
[[Category:2000s mass shootings in Asia]]
[[Category:2000s murders in India]]
[[Category:2009 crimes in India]]

Bhimajuli massacre - Revision history

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