GUWAHATI: At least three people died and eight were injured when a bomb exploded on Friday in crowded marketplace in Guwahati, the main city in India's northeastern Assam state, police said. "The explosion was very powerful with limbs of victims strewn around all over the place. The condition of six of the victims is critical," Police Chief N Gogoi told AFP. The attacks came soon after it was announced a third round of talks between New Delhi and representatives of the region's most powerful rebel group - the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) - would be held on June 22. The ULFA has fought a war for the secession of Assam from India for more than 25 years, accusing New Delhi of neglecting the state's economy and taking away its rich natural resources.