Death Toll Goes up to 77 in Assam Blasts

NEW DELHI: The death toll went up to 77 on Friday in Assam serial blasts when 11 more persons died due to serious injuries in hospital.

Media reports quoting official spokesman in Guwahati said eight people died in Guwahati and three in Bareta town.

Eighteen blasts struck Guwahati, Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon and Barpeta of Assam state on Thursday killing 77 people and injuring 470.

RDX was used in two explosions out of eighteen which caused extensive damage.

In recent days, Assam state has witnessed massive ethnic and communal violence between Muslim migrants from Bangladesh and local Hindus. The state has been witnessing such violence since 1980s and ULFA‑sponsored insurgency.

Meanwhile, the authorities clamped curfew in blast-hit Ganeshguri in Guwahati city following massive protests by the people against the government.



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