Assam explosion: 11 injured in Tinsukia blast
At least 11 persons, including a woman and a child, were injured in a blast allegedly triggered by ULFA militants in Tinsukia town in upper Assam yesterday night, the police said.
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A hand grenade kept in a dustbin exploded at Debipukhuri Pachali area in the centre of the town with a deafening sound at 7.30 PM, Tinsukia district SP Mukdhajyoti Mahanta said.
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The injured were admitted to Tinsukia Civil Hospital from where four seriously injured were sent to the Assam Medical College Hospital in neighbouring Dibrugarh district, Mahanta said.
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The area was cordoned off and investigations are on.
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Early in the morning, a hand grenade exploded at Duliajan near here adjacent to a CRPF camp but no one was injured.
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Who carried out the explosions was yet to be ascertained, police said, adding ULFA militants from outside the district were suspected to have been behind it.
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A hardcore ULFA militant, self-styled Sergeant Major Rongmon Asom alias Mecuri, was killed in an encounter with the army in Tinsukia district on 27 April.