Four persons killed, 53 injured in blast in Assam

By NNN-PTI

Dibrugarh : 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 Sunday.


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Official sources said the bomb exploded in an open field last night where a local festival Ali-Aie-Lrigang (Lrigang) was being celebrated near the telephone exchange at Jonai.

More than 1,500 people had gathered at the venue for the cultural festival, the sources said.

The injured have been rushed to Assam Medical College hospital here, they said.

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