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Kakopathar massacre
2006 event in Assam, India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kakopathar killings or the Kakopathar massacre[1][2] took place in Assam during 2006 when the Indian Army opened fire at peaceful protesters at Kakopathar in Assam, killing at least 10 people.[3]
They were protesting against the custodial-death of a villager who was arrested by the army. Kakopathar and many areas of rural Upper Assam and Lower Assam are supposedly ULFA strongholds and the common people have faced army atrocities during counter-insurgency operations since the Assamese Separatist Movement started in 1979. Arabinda Rajkhowa, the chairman of United Liberation Front of Asom, compared the 2006 massacre with the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.[4]
A strong wave or pro-ULFA sentiment spread across Assam after this incident and many parts of upper Assam saw spontaneous protests of people.[4] The popular sentiments gave strength to a considerably weakened ULFA in Assam.
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