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| Blasts kill five in India's Assam | |
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| At least five people have been killed in two bomb blasts in India's north-eastern state of Assam, police say. | |
| The explosions happened within minutes in Nalbari, 70km (43 miles) from the state capital, Guwahati. | |
| Police said the two devices were mounted on bicycles left near a Nalbari police station and some 25 other people were hurt, reports said. | |
| The police suspect separatist militants from the United Liberation Front of Assam (Ulfa) carried out the blasts. | |
| No group has so far claimed responsibility for Sunday's attacks. | |
| Paramilitaries deployed | |
| Television images showed injured people being dragged away a fire caused by one explosion, minutes before another blast nearby. | |
| There were unconfirmed reports of a third blast in a nearby town less than an hour after the first two explosions. | |
| Police and paramilitary troops were deployed across Assam last week after the reported arrest of two Ulfa leaders prompted the group to enforce a 12-long strike across the state. | |
| It has been fighting for an independent homeland in north-east India since 1979. | |
| Assam's Inspector General of police Bhaskar Mahanta said police had received intelligence reports suggesting Ulfa was planning to avenge the arrests, AP reported. |