Twelve dead in Indian village attack

Indian security officials say that twelve people have been killed by gunmen in the north-eastern state of Assam.

Police say the dead included six women and two children.

They suspect the attack on a village Michalabariin western Assam was carried out by a separatist organisation, the Bodo Security Force, which has been fighting for an independent homeland for the Bodo tribe for more than a decade.

Officials said the separatist group had recently suffered casualties in an army attack.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service