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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Press Statement</SPAN></B><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">The Polit Bureau of the
Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following
statement:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Savage Killings
Condemned<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">The Polit Bureau of the
CPI(M) strongly condemns the savage killing of 31 people by Bodo extremist
elements in Kokrajhar and adjoining districts of the Bodoland Territorial
Council.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This shocking attack
targeting Bengali Muslims in various villages has led to the death of a large
number of women and children.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">There has been systematic
efforts earlier too for ethnic cleansing in the area.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The state government and the Centre
should take immediate steps to ensure the protection and security of the
minorities in the area.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The
security forces should take firm action to curb the extremist
elements.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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