NARAYANGURI India (Reuters) - From his hiding place in a cowshed, Sefaqul Islam watched as masked gunmen moved through his village, shot women and children dead with automatic rifles and tossed wounded survivors into the blazing remains of their homes.
The cattle herder's sister and seven-year-old nephew were among 41 Muslims killed by suspected tribal militants last week in India's remote state of Assam, the latest atrocity against people accused of being immigrants from neighbouring Bangladesh.
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