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Guwahati: Militancy has claimed over 500 lives in Assam in the last five years, with almost half of the victims being civilians. Security forces have gunned down some 20 militants in 2018 in counter-terrorism operations,” said a top state police official. “At least 14 security forces and 247 militants were also killed within the same period. The seizures also reveal that besides firearms, bullets of AK-47 rifles were smuggled into the state in very high numbers. At an average of some 561 arms annually, a total of 2585 firearms were seized in the last five years in the state..