India Seeks Help From Bhutan, Myanmar to Hunt Down Militants

India has sought cooperation from Bhutan, Myanmar and Bangladesh in an offensive against a tribal militant group that had shot dead at least 80 people in Assam state this week, officials said on Friday. Police believe that a faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB), fighting for a separate state for ethnic Bodos, was behind coordinated attacks on tea plantation workers and their families this week, the deadliest in years. Some militants may have fled to neighboring Bhutan while their leader was believed to be in Myanmar, officials and police said, prompting calls for cooperation. http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/worldNews/~3/wvbB9auC0DI/story01.htm http://www.wochit.com