This Article is From Sep 06, 2012

13 injured in Assam blast triggered by suspected militants

13 injured in Assam blast triggered by suspected militants
Thirteen people, including two policemen, were injured in a blast triggered by suspected militants at Doomdooma in Assam's Tinsukia district today.

According to police, the bomb was planted on a footpath before a departmental store near Gandhichowk area and it exploded at 6:45 pm.

Three critically injured persons were admitted to the Tinsukia civil hospital.

Police and security forces cordoned off the area and launched a search operation.

The sources said that it was an attempt by the anti-talk faction of the banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) to make its presence felt. There were reports of a group of hardcore ULFA militants sheltering in Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts, their strongholds.

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