Assam, India, unrest

In Guwahti, India, another series of three bombs exploded on Jan. 1. Six people were killed and 50 were reported injured. The blasts took place just prior to a planned visit by the Indian Home Minister, P. Chidambaram. At press time, no one had claimed responsibility for the blasts but police had blamed the United Front for the Liberation of Asom. 

A series of bombs in October ’08 injured more than 70 people in several towns and cities of the Assam region.