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Blast in ASSAM(India):5 dead 60 injured

by Amitjha | January 1, 2009 at 10:12 pm

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Bad beginning of new year for the people of Assam in northeast India.The suspected ULFA militants exploded bombs at several places.Terrorist might be celebrating there new day, what else can be better way than killing innocent and make a positive start for there resolution to kill thousands in a year.

Terrorists have lost there sense of commonness with the people, as far as northeast is concerned it is facing hardship of violence since long time in the name of so called autonomy, but as recent results in jammu and kashmir shown people donot want violence and want to participate in mainstream.Terror group must learn some lesson from jammu that this kind of unnecerry violence will weaken there base in public and all they have to do is regret and perish in forest.

Terror struck on the first day of 2009 in Assam where three serial blasts in as many hours triggered by suspected Ulfa militants left

five people dead and more than 60 injured in Guwahati.

The explosions took place a few hours before P Chidambaram flew in for his maiden visit as home minister to review the law and order situation. He was escorted to the Raj Bhawan from the airport under heavy security, past one of the blast sites.

Terrorists appeared to mock a heavy security bandobast put in place for the New Year in the wake of the 26/11 Mumbai carnage and for the home minister's visit. Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi admitted as much.

``There were security lapses. Our police force needs to be modernized and trained to deal with such terror attacks,'' he said, echoing something that's become obvious since the Mumbai attack.

Ironically, Chidambaram's visit was to review security to prevent terror bombings like the one in Guwahati, Kokrajhar, Barpeta Road and Bongaigaon on October 30, 2008, in which 89 people were killed. He was also scheduled to discuss with Gogoi cross-border terrorism in the state which shares a porous boundary with Bangladesh.

Police said the first blast took place near Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi TB Hospital at Birubari at 2.35pm, injuring five people, including a 10-year-old child.

This was followed by another explosion at the busy Bhootnath market near the famed Kamakhya Temple. Two persons died and about 25 others were injured. Police said the militants had planted an IED on a bicycle.

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anamika.mis15

at 22:45 on January 1st, 2009

Its really sad,beginning of the year is started by the voilence then, what will be the rest year?

Amitjha

at 00:43 on January 2nd, 2009

well, no body can predict that, but the trend says that thet use explosive just to be in limelight, so there terror may be enforced and they continue there extortion business.

Sanjay Jha

at 00:50 on January 2nd, 2009

Thanks Amit, It's rather unfortunate. But i hope India's new home and new government in Bangladesh we can tackle the problem in North east sooner, Thanks for your post.

Amitjha

at 00:54 on January 2nd, 2009

How effective wiil be the new Bangladesh government in tackling the terrorists, and root out the training camps, time will tale...at least this time there is no secterian element in the government.