Eight persons were killed and more than 24 injured on Monday in two bomb explosions triggered by suspected ULFA militants at Maligaon in Guwahati and Dhekiajuli in northern Assam.
Several vehicles and two wheelers caught fire in Guwahati immediately after the explosion with fire-tenders arriving shortly afterwards.
Complete chaos prevailed in the area with people angered over repeated blasts in the city attacking the police and their vehicles.
Traffic was thrown out of gear with hundreds of vehicles stranded.
Nine of the injured were admitted to the nearby Sanjivani Hospital, two at the N F Railway hospital and rest to the Gauhati Medical College Hospital, the sources said.
The blast site was cordoned off by the security forces suspecting that there could be more bombs. People were also angry that the recently launched `Mrintunjoy 108' emergency service ambulances failed to arrive on time even after being informed.
Police made a lathi-charge to control the unruly mob, the sources said.
The bomb was suspected to have been planted near the `Ma Santoshi Cabin' restaurant adjacent to the Shiv Mandir in Maligaon Chariali area when it was crowded with shoppers and children returning home from school.
DIG G P Singh said the exact toll would be ascertained only after the rescue operations were complete.The nature of the blast would be ascertained only after investigations, he added.
An alert was sounded in the state after the blast particularly in view of visits by a host of Central political leaders for campaigning in the state.ULFA regularly resorts to such blasts in the state on the eve of their founding day as a show of strength.
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