Guwahati (Assam): A bomb blast on Friday at the Bamunimoidam Railway Colony of Guwahati left one person dead and 12 injured.
The type of the explosive used was not immediately known and it could be either a programmable time device or an improvised explosive device (IED), police said. The police say the blast could be the handiwork of ULFA.
The bomb was concealed in an auto-van by suspected ULFA militants and when it went off, three cooking gas cylinders in nearby roadside shops at Bamunimaidan also caught fire and exploded simultaneously.
Many shops caught fire and glass windows shattered with the impact.
"One person died and 12 were injured in the explosion in the auto van which was reduced to smithereens at the Railway Colony Market at around 11.45 am," city senior Superintendent of Police Surinder Kumar was quoted by news agency PTI as saying.
The area was cordoned off and the injured were immediately rushed to the Guwahati Medical College Hospital.
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