GUWAHATI / AGARTALA, Aug 13 (TIWN): Amidst high alerts, two people were killed and six injured on Friday when militants opened fire in a village in Assam's Tinsukia district, police said. The attack is suspected to have been carried out by the anti-talk faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), Assam Police chief Mukesh Sahay said. . Four to five gunmen entered Philobari village and opened indiscriminate fire on the unsuspecting villagers, he said. Philobari has a considerable Hindi-speaking population, migrants from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, mostly working as daily wage labourers. "Our operations are on to catch the killers," Sahay said. The attack comes in the wake of that on August 5 at the weekly Balajan market near Kokrajhar town, in which over 14 people, belonging to different communities, were killed by the anti-talk faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB).Security have been tighten more in Tripura and NE state after the twice attack in Assam. In the last attack, At least 14 civilians were killed on Friday when militants in military fatigues opened random fire at a busy market in Assam's Kokrajhar town. Police said one of the raiders was also killed. Witnesses said the attackers first hurled a grenade and then began to fire into the crowd, killing a dozen people and injuring 18 others in the town, about 220 km from Guwahati.As the 70th Independence Day to celebrate after 3 days, high alerts have been implemented in NE India, including state Tripura, to prevent any kind of unwanted incident.

Specially after the Assam terror attacks, security across the states have been tighten  to ensure the security of the states.

In North Tripura, West Tripura, South Tripura and in every places TSRs are now busy in checking the tracks and to find out if any violence threat is there. Train is also the means of communication for all the smugglers, and emerging terrorist group circle in NE.

Security was thus tightened in the restive north-east and other areas where NE based terrorists are allegedly active ahead of India’s Independence Day.