Bombs kill at least 25 in India's Assam state

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Source: Reuters

Bombs kill at least 25 in India's Assam state
30 Oct 2008 08:39:30 GMT

By Biswajyoti Das

GUWAHATI, India, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Eighteen bomb
blasts in quick succession shook the main city of
India's troubled northeastern Assam state and three
other towns on Thursday, killing at least 25 people,
police said.

Firefighters doused smouldering remains of cars and
motorcycles at one of the blast sites in Guwahati.
One of the blasts targeted a high security zone with
a court as well as offices and homes of senior police
officials.

Many of the blasts were in crowded markets in the
state. Dozens of people were wounded.

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"According to initial reports, 25 people are dead.
This toll is likely to go up. Many bodies have been
burnt beyond recognition," G.P. Singh, deputy
inspector general of police in Guwahati, told
Reuters.

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1. Was just coming here to post this -- yikes! nt

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2. Now "killing at least 65 people and wounding 335" (nt)

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3. recommend

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4. Dozens Die in Bomb Attacks in Northeast India

By HARI KUMAR and ALAN COWELL
Published: October 31, 2008

NEW DELHI — A series of apparently synchronized explosions tore through four towns in the troubled state of Assam in northeastern India on Thursday, killing at least 74 people and leaving about 350 wounded, according to witnesses and the police ...

There were no immediate reports that any group had taken responsibility for the bombings.

For many years, Assam State has been riven by a separatist insurgency led by the United Liberation Front of Assam, which demands independence for this region of some 26 million people and is often blamed by the authorities for bombings. Last month, ethnic clashes left 57 people dead in the area when indigenous Bodos fought with Bengali-speaking Muslims.

According to witnesses and the police, at least nine blasts rocked the four towns attacked on Thursday, including three in the state capital, Guwahati. One of the bombs there had been left in the parking lot of the district court ...

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/01/world/asia/01assam.html?ref=asia