Serial blasts in Assam India kill five

Serial blasts in Assam India kill five
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Five people were killed and 25 others injured when two bombs exploded outside a police station in Assam's Nalbari district in India on Sunday. The bombs were reportedly kept on a parked bicycle and it exploded between 1000-1015 hrs IST, an official said. Meanwhile, a third blast took place in Gopal Bazar area, not far from the location of the first blast. The third blast comes five minutes of the first blast. Police suspect that militants of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) carried out the explosion. The injured have been rushed to the hospital. Police say there is a sense of panic and tension in the city. Nalbari district is about 70 km west of Assam's main city of Guwahati.
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