Four killed, 53 injured in Assam blast
PTI | HT Correspondent, Dibrugarh
Mar 16, 2008 12:17 PM IST
The bomb exploded in an open field on Saturday night where a local festival Ali-Aie-Lrigang (Lrigang) was being celebrated, say sources.
At least four persons were killed and 53 others, including four Assam police personnel, injured in a grenade attack by suspected ULFA militants at a tribal function in a village in Upper Assam, police said on Sunday.
Official sources said the bomb exploded in an open field on Saturday night where a local festival Ali-Aie-Lrigang (Lrigang) was being celebrated near the telephone exchange at Jonai.
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More than 1,500 people had gathered at the venue for the cultural festival, sources said.
The injured have been rushed to Assam Medical College hospital in Dibrugarh, they said.
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