Militants kill three soldiers in Assam

Heavily armed militants ambushed an army convoy yesterday, killing three soldiers and injuring four others in India's restive northeastern state of Assam, police said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Police blamed the ambush on rebels belonging to a splinter group of the separatist outfit ULFA. More than 10,000 people, mostly civilians, have lost their lives to the insurgency in Assam during the past two decades.