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Ten killed in two blasts in India's Assam state
05 Nov 2006 15:43:05 GMT
Source: Reuters
•  Northeast India clashes

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GUWAHATI, India, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Ten people were killed and a dozen wounded when two powerful bombs exploded in troubled northeast India's biggest city Guwahati on Sunday, police said.

The first bomb exploded in a crowded market in the heart of the city, killing five people, police said.

Ten others were wounded of whom three who were in a critical condition, succumbed to their injuries in a hospital.

Police said the bomb exploded in front of a sweet shop in the Fancy Bazar area of Guwahati, the main city of Assam state.

A second bomb went off outside an oil installation on the outskirts of the city killing two people.

Three others were injured in that explosion.

"Both the bombs were powerful and we are yet to identify who is behind this incident," senior police officer Nitul Gogoi said.

Assam has been home to a nearly 30-year-old insurgency led by the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) which is fighting for an independent homeland. Tens of thousands of people have died in the revolt.

The ULFA and the Indian government called off peace talks in September after New Delhi ended a truce with rebels.

Violence has since increased in the oil- and timber-rich region.


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