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Three injured in minor explosions in Guwahati Dec 5, 6:06 pm

Guwahati: At least three people were injured in two minor explosions in Guwahati’s Fancy Bazaar area on Saturday.

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Explosive went off when a rag picker was rummaging through a garbage dump. However, a few people are injured and admitted in the near by hospital. “Experts from the forensic science laboratory are make an evaluation.”. The area where the blast has occurred is a trading hub which is popular with Hindi-speaking communities, NDTV reported. The blasts happened around 3pm within 3 minutes of each other at the commercial hub at Fancy Bazar location of the city. “Had it been a grenade or bomb, the damage would have been more”, said Guwahati Police Commissioner Mukesh Agarwala.

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Police suspect that anti-talk ULFA (Independent) could be behind the blasts and that their primary target was the Hindi-speaking population in the market.

A view of the Fancy Bazar Market complex in Guwahati