One killed, 10 injured in Guwahati bomb blast

A person was killed and 10 others were critically injured in an bomb attack by suspected ULFA cadres.

A person was killed and 10 others were critically injured in an bomb attack by suspected ULFA cadres in a market near the Dispur capital complex in Guwahati on Wednesday.

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The bomb, kept in the Ganeshguri wholesale vegetable market, exploded at around 6.50 pm, police said.

The injured were rushed to a nearby hospital.

The market is located near the Indian Airlines office adjacent to a high-security complex where the offices of the chief minister and his cabinet colleagues as well as the state secretariat are located.

The blast took place a day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh delivered a tough message to ULFA militants that there would be no compromise if they resorted to violence and assured foolproof security to Hindi-speaking people, 70 of whom were gunned down recently by the banned group.

The army launched a major offensive against the ULFA in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh in the wake of the killings.