英语文摘:Death toll in communal violence rises to 77 in northeast India

NEW DELHI, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from communal violence in the northeast Indian state of Assam has risen to 77 after four more bodies were recovered Wednesday, reported Press Trust of India.

Two bodies, that of a male and a female from the Muslim community of lower Assam, were recovered from Kokrajhar district of the state, while two other bodies were found on other parts of the district, the report quoted police as saying.

There were some fresh incidents of violence but the police have taken timely action to prevent escalation, said the report.

The rival Bodo and Muslim communities had planned attacks but intelligence inputs helped in preventing the violence. They had planned arson in several interior villages but were thwarted by security forces, according to the report.

Curfew is on in all four strife-torn districts of Kokrajhar, Chirang, Baksa and Dhubri over most of the past two weeks after violence erupted in the state, resulting in the replacement of some 400,000 people.