Five dead, 51 wounded in blasts in India's Assam state - Summary

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Source: DPA/ EarthTimes

New Delhi - At least five people were killed and 51 wounded when suspected separatist rebels carried out three blasts in Guwahati, the main city of India's north-east Assam state Thursday, officials said. "There were three low-intensity bombings across Guwahati in which five people died. Fifty one people were wounded out of which 15 are in a serious condition," Deba Bora, spokesman of the Assam government told reporters.

Assam police chief GM Srivastava said there were clear leads that state's separatist outfit United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) was behind the attacks.

According to local police, the first blast took place in Birubari, a residential area at 2.30 pm local time (9 am GMT), injuring two people.

The explosion was followed by another blast in a vegetable market in the Bhutnath area at 5.15 pm, wounding more than 20 people of which three people died.

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[Mojorabbit]

1. It must be a mess there

they have been culling thousands of poultry in that state due to an outbreak of bird flu the past few weeks. What a horrible thing to have happen on top of that.

[tclambert]

2. The United Liberation Front of Asom is not related to Pakistan.

They want to make Assam an independent state. So this should not fuel additional hostility between India and Pakistan, and not make the next nuclear war more likely. Shouldn't, but who can tell? Unrest in India and/or Pakistan is always serious because they both have atomic bombs.