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Serial blasts by, ULFA rock four Assam districts on R Day

| | Jan 26, 2017, at 05:43 pm
Guwahati, Jan 26 (IBNS) : Synchronised serial blasts by a radical fraction of the ULFA rocked four Assam districts on Thursday morning as the state was celebrating Republic Day amid tight security, reports said.

Llow intensity improvised explosive devices (IED) were detonated to trigger blasts in Charaidow, Sibsagar and Tinsukia districts while a bomb was hurled in Dibugarh in upper Assam.

No reports of casualty have been received.

The reports quoted the police as saying that the blasts were believed to have been triggered by the ULFA (Independent) that is against holding negotiation with the Government.

According to reports, a blast took place near a parade ground in Dibrugarh town  where an official function was being held on the occasion of the Republic Day.

Militants hurled a bomb into a drain near a tea garden where it went off.

IEDs were detonated near a petrol pump at Dholbagan in Charaidow and at Bihu Bor. In neighbouring Sibsagar.

Two blasts took place at Lengibor and Majpani.

Two IEDs were detonated also in Tinsukia district at Sisimi village and  near a bridge in Sukan pukhuri.

Police and other security forces have fanned out to keep stricter vigil and guard vital installations.

 

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