Four people were injured when some unidentified people lobbed a petrol bomb on a truck in Meghalaya's Jaintia Hills district, police said in Shillong on Thursday.
The incident coincided with a two-day night road blockade enforced by the Jaintia Students Union in the district from Tuesday night to press for their various demands.
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The bomb was hurled on the truck at Newhill on Wednesday night injuring the four persons, including the driver.
Police said the injured had been admitted to a nearby hospital where the condition of two of them was stated to be
serious.
Meanwhile, one more vehicle was attacked with a petrol bomb at Ladthadladoh as picketers burnt tyres at several places to enforce the blockade.
The blockade ended this morning.
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