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Death toll in Assam blasts rises to 77

The toll in the serial blasts in Assam rises to 77, in which Guwahati alone accounts for 41 deaths. See video| See blast map | Audio report from the site | Do you think India will ever be free of bomb blasts? | Surfers' ResponseSpl: Assam Rocked

Updated on: Oct 31, 2008 05:57 PM IST
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The toll in the serial blasts in Assam rose to 77 on Friday with 11 more people succumbing to their injuries overnight.

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Principal Secretary (Home) and official spokesman Subhas Das said eight people died in Guwahati, which now alone accounts for 41 deaths.

Three others succumbed to their injuries in Barpeta taking the toll there to 15.

The number of deaths in Kokrajhar remained at 21, he said.

In the deadliest terror attacks in Assam, near- simultaneous blasts had ripped through Guwahati, Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon and Barpeta yesterday, killing 66 people and injuring about 470 others.

Bangladesh-based HuJi militants along with other jehadi outfits are suspected to be behind the explosions. Although ULFA has denied its involvement in the terror attacks, police do not rule out the hand of ULFA behind the serial blasts with help from HuJI or jehadi elements.

Of the six blasts in Guwahati, RDX was used in two of the explosions, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has said, adding a special task force has been set up to unearth the conspiracy behind the blasts.

 
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