Four killed, 31 hurt in ULFA bomb blasts

TINSUKIA: ULFA militants on Sunday triggered a powerful bomb explosion at three places in Tinsukhia district of Assam, leaving four persons dead and 31 injured.

Two people were killed when a powerful bomb blew up a motorcycle parked near a cinema hall at Uchumati in Doomdooma town of the district. Fourteen passersby were injured in the blast, officials said.

Another bomb explosion occurred near Devipukhuri Tinali at around 5.45 pm near an electric transformer in Tinsukia town, killing two persons and leaving 17 injured, they said.

The victims were declared brought dead in the Assam Medical College Hospital at Dibrugarh.

ULFA militants also exploded a bomb near an Assam Gas Company pipleline, they said adding the entire area was engulfed in flames.

Senior officials had rushed to the site and fire extinguishers were trying to douse the flames, they said.