Twin blasts rock Assam
7 dead, over 60 hurt; ULFA hand suspected; IEDs planted on two bicycles 
Guwahati, November 22
At least seven persons were killed and over 60 injured in twin blasts that rocked Nalbari town of Lower Assam’s Nalbari district at around 10 am today. The blasts occurred five days ahead of the ‘protest day’ of the banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) raising suspicion about the involvement of the outfit.

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Inconsolable relatives of the injured blast victims at a hospital after the twin blasts at Nalbari in Guwahati on Sunday. — PTI

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