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Bomb attack in India's restive Assam kills 1, wounds 5
One person was killed and five others wounded on Friday when separatist militants triggered a powerful bomb blast in restive northeast India's Assam state, police and witnesses said.
- Agencies
- Published: 19:10 January 9, 2009
Guwahati: One person was killed and five others wounded on Friday when separatist militants triggered a powerful bomb blast in restive northeast India's Assam state, police and witnesses said.
Police said the bomb was planted on a bicycle in a crowded market in Maligaon area of Guwahati, the biggest city in the region.
"We suspect it is the handiwork of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA)," P.C. Saloi, a senior police officer said, referring to the main separatist group operating in the region.
India has beefed up security across the country after a militant attack on Mumbai last November left 179 people dead. But various bomb attacks have since been reported, mainly from the northeast.
Last week, five people were killed and 26 wounded when suspected separatist militants set off three bombs in Guwahati city.
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