The World : Sikhs Ambush Bus, Kill 38

Thirty-eight Hindu passengers were shot to death by several Sikh extremists in an attack on a bus in India’s troubled Punjab state, according to the Press Trust of India. One of the attackers was also reported killed. At least 23 passengers were wounded. The news agency said it was the bloodiest terrorist attack since the federal government imposed direct rule two months ago on Punjab, where Sikh extremists are fighting for an independent state. The bus was taking Hindu pilgrims from the Punjab capital of Chandigarh to the holy bathing site of Rishikesh in Uttar Pradesh state, the agency said. In the Indian capital of New Delhi, police imposed a ban on public assemblies to prevent backlash riots by Hindus against Sikhs.