Separatist rebels gunned down at least 34 people and wounded a dozen more in India's remote northeast Tuesday in a series of coordinated attacks, police said as quoted by ABC News on Wednesday.
At least 30 tribal settlers were killed in north Assam's Sonitpur district, said S.N. Singh, a top local police officer.
All those killed were Adivasis who largely work in tea gardens in the region.
Four others were shot dead in the western Kokrajhar district.
Singh said the death toll may rise as several of the dozen people in hospital were in critical condition. Many others are missing after they fled their homes during the attack.