11-22-2009, 06:42 AM
<b>Five killed, 50 injured as three blasts rock Assam</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->GUWAHATI: Three serial explosions went off in Nalbari district of Assam on Sunday morning, killing five people and leaving more than 50 injured,
The explosions went off in a span of 40 minutes.
The first bomb was kept on a parked bicycle near a police station and exploded around 10 am.
The second went off 20 metres away from the police station, while the third was near a market.
Police suspect that militants of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) could be behind the blasts.
Nalbari district is about 70 km west of Assam's main city of Guwahati. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The explosions went off in a span of 40 minutes.
The first bomb was kept on a parked bicycle near a police station and exploded around 10 am.
The second went off 20 metres away from the police station, while the third was near a market.
Police suspect that militants of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) could be behind the blasts.
Nalbari district is about 70 km west of Assam's main city of Guwahati. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
