GUWAHATI, India, June 30 (Reuters) - Four powerful bombs set off by suspected separatists exploded in crowded markets and outside a Hindu temple in northeast India's Assam state on Saturday, killing five people and wounding more than 70, police said. The first two bombs went off in two markets in Tinsukia town in eastern Assam on Saturday evening killing three people and wounding about 30, including eight policemen who were on patrol. The third bomb exploded in the nearby town of Doomdooma where one person was killed and around 25 others were wounded. One person was killed and 19 people were wounded in another blast outside a Hindu temple in the central part of the state. Police suspect the separatist United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), fighting for independence of the oil- and tea-rich state, was behind the blasts. The separatists accuse New Delhi of neglecting the local economy and taking away state's resources. Victims were mostly roadside vegetable sellers and shoppers. The rebels have been bombing crowded areas across the state for the past six month targeting mainly civilians and businessmen. More than 20,000 people have been killed since the insurgency began in 1979.
