New violence hits Indian elections

New violence marred India's general elections Friday as suspected militants attacked Indian border guards as they escorted polling staff through a treacherous passage in troubled northeastern Assam state Friday, police said. The suspected militants triggered a land mine and then ambushed the troops with gunfire, said K.K. Sharma, police superintendent of the state's Karbi Anglong district. Two guards suffered shrapnel wounds in the assault. The election workers had been returning voting machines to their main office after Thursday's vote when ...