Bomb blasts in India's Assam state
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Police in India's insurgency-hit Assam state say at least six people have been killed and 39 injured in two separate bomb blasts.
The first attack which took place in Kumarikata village market killed six and injured 35.
In the second attack, suspected militants on a motorcycle attacked a security patrol in Nagaon district injuring three security personnel and a civilian.
Police suspect the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom carried out the attacks.
The ULFA has been fighting for an independent homeland in Assam since 1979.
More than 10,000 people have lost their lives to insurgency in the tea and timber-rich state during the past two decades.
