| GAUHATI, India (AP) - Suspected separatist militants launched a series of coordinated bombings Tuesday across India's northeastern state of Assam, killing two people and wounding at least 44, police said. The six attacks - two were bombs hidden in bicycle bags, three were grenade attacks and another was a bomb set off outside a railway station - were in Gauhati, the capital of Assam, and other towns in the state...Police have not said who they suspect in the string of Tuesday bombings, but they suspect the United Liberation Front of Asom, or ULFA, in the Monday attacks. ULFA, a guerrilla group that has been seeking an independent homeland in Assam since 1979, is the largest of the region's militant groups. Last week, ULFA rejected an invitation by the federal government for unconditional peace talks, saying the offer did not mention its main demand of sovereignty. At least 10,000 people, mostly civilians, have died in fighting in the past 15 years between the government and the rebels of ULFA and another separatist group, the National Democratic Front of Boroland. Assam's state government offered a peace deal to both groups in September. The ULFA rejected the peace overtures, while NDFB responded with a cease-fire offer. |