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Bombs kill 7 in India's troubled northeast
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November 23, 2009, Monday
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SUSPECTED militants set off two bombs outside a police station in India's restive northeast yesterday, killing seven people and wounding more than 50, police said.
Five people died instantly after two blasts went off within minutes in Nalbari town near the Assam state capital, Gauhati, a local police official said. Two people died later in a hospital, he said.
At least 52 people were wounded in the two blasts, said Bhaskar Mahanta, Assam's inspector general of police.
India's northeast is beset by scores of conflicts. More than 10,000 people have died in separatist violence over the past decade. The region is home to dozens of separatist groups that accuse the government of exploiting the area's natural resources while doing little for the indigenous people.
Mahanta said authorities suspect the militant separatist group United Liberation Front of Asom is behind the blasts. No group claimed responsibility yet.
The bombers had parked two bicycles fitted with carriers packed with explosives outside the Nalbari police station, which is located in a congested part of the town, Mahanta said. These went off, killing passers-by and wounding the others.
Mahanta said police had received intelligence reports suggesting that the ULFA was planning to avenge last week's arrest of two group leaders.
Last week, suspected ULFA rebels triggered an explosion that derailed a freight train and set more than a dozen oil tankers on fire in Assam.
Five people died instantly after two blasts went off within minutes in Nalbari town near the Assam state capital, Gauhati, a local police official said. Two people died later in a hospital, he said.
At least 52 people were wounded in the two blasts, said Bhaskar Mahanta, Assam's inspector general of police.
India's northeast is beset by scores of conflicts. More than 10,000 people have died in separatist violence over the past decade. The region is home to dozens of separatist groups that accuse the government of exploiting the area's natural resources while doing little for the indigenous people.
Mahanta said authorities suspect the militant separatist group United Liberation Front of Asom is behind the blasts. No group claimed responsibility yet.
The bombers had parked two bicycles fitted with carriers packed with explosives outside the Nalbari police station, which is located in a congested part of the town, Mahanta said. These went off, killing passers-by and wounding the others.
Mahanta said police had received intelligence reports suggesting that the ULFA was planning to avenge last week's arrest of two group leaders.
Last week, suspected ULFA rebels triggered an explosion that derailed a freight train and set more than a dozen oil tankers on fire in Assam.
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