Nearly a week after five people of Bengali origin were killed by unidentified terrorists in Assam's Tinsukia district, the nature of the crime is still under debate. Rights group Amnesty India had issued a strong condemnation a day after the incident, calling on the state government to protect every resident of the state regardless of class and ethnicity. "The targeted killing of Bengalis in Assam is reprehensible. The state government needs to protect the right to life of all persons living in the state," it said in a statement issued last Friday.