Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Assam blast toll rises to 9

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Assam blast toll rises to 9

Guwahati, Apr 7 (PTI) With the death of a woman, the toll in the serial blasts in Assam rose to nine today.

Official sources said Sahida Khatun succumbed to shrapnel and burn injuries at the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital this morning.

A powerful bomb blast went off in Maligaon, killing seven persons yesterday and injuring 56, some of them critically. Khatun was injured in the Maligaon blast.

In another blast last evening in Dhubri district, an unidentified youth lobbed a hand grenade at Mankachar police station killing a police driver Shabbir Hussain and injuring another.

Another powerful bomb ripped through a busy market place at Dhekiajuli in Sonitpur district injuring five persons, including three CRPF personnel. PTI

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