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Four bomb blasts in Assam, two killed

Sushanta Talukdar

Explosions suspected to have been triggered by United Liberation Front of Asom

Blasts come ahead of the ritualistic “protest day” observance by ULFA
Police recovers IED from a rented house of two militants

PHOTO: RITU RAJ KONWAR

Looking for clues: Police personnel inspecting the blast site at Athgoan in Guwahati on Sunday.

Guwahati: Two persons were killed and 18 injured in four bomb blasts in Assam on Sunday. The blasts — two here, and one each in Tinsukia district and Dhubri district — are suspected to have been triggered by the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA)

Principal Secertary, Home, Subhash Das told The Hindu that one person was killed and 16 were injured in Tinsukia while one person was killed and two were injured in twin blasts in Guwahati. The police averted a third blast here by recovering an improvised explosive device from a rented house of two arrested ULFA militants.

The fourth one, caused by a grenade attack, occurred before the sub-divisional police office at Bilasipara in Lower Assam’s Dhubri district. However, there was no report of any casualty.

Inspector-General of Police (Special Branch) Khagen Sharma said the ULFA was trying to prove its presence by carrying out blasts in public places and attacking soft targets ahead of its annual “protest day” on November 27.

In the city, the first blast occurred at the Fatasil locality around 5. 45 p.m. killing a roadside vendor and injuring two others.

As people ran helter-skelter, there was another blast on the other side of the road in quick succession.

Police officers, who were at the Guwahati Medical College and Hospital to oversee security for the visiting political leaders from Jharkhand following Saturday’s violence here over the Adivasi protest rally, rushed to the spot.

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