Rebels blow up gas, oil pipelines in Indias Assam
 In case you thought only Baluchis did this sort of thing ... | GUWAHATI - Suspected separatist guerrillas in Indias northeastern state of Assam triggered four explosions, blowing up oil and gas pipelines, hours after a market-place bomb killed five people, police said on Saturday.
The militants blew up a pipeline carrying crude oil from a drilling site in the states Duliajan area, and a gas pipeline in the town of Digboi, 400 km (250 miles) east of Guwahati, the states main city. They also hurled a grenade at a house of a local politician, hurting six people, including two children, officers said.
Police blamed the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), the most powerful rebel group among the northeasts many insurgencies, for the market bombing and for a series of grenade attacks on Thursday that wounded at least 20 people. No group has claimed responsibility for the explosions.
Posted by: Steve White 2006-06-11 |