The death toll from the attack is now 15 including one militant," Assam state health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma told AFP on Saturday. Smoke rises from the site of a militant attack at Balajan Tinali, in the Kokrajhar district of India's north-eastern Assam state, on August 5, 2016. Several security check points were put up a day after the attack, and there was a massive and visible presence of the security forces. Police say that around six gunmen were behind Friday's attack, one of whom was later killed by security forces who were searching for the other attackers. Bystanders gather near burnt-out shops following an attack on a market at Balajan Tinali, in the Kokrajhar district of India's north-eastern state of Assam, on August 6, 2016The death toll from an attack in India's northeastern Assam state, where gunmen opened fire on a busy market, jumped to 15 on Saturday as three more people succumbed to their injuries.

Source: Thanhnien News August 06, 2016 06:33 UTC