Guwahati: A serial grenade blast by suspected ULFA (Paresh Barua faction) left five persons injured, two of them seriously, in high-security areas of Lakhimpur town in Assam on Tuesday, police said.
The militants hurled the grenades in half an hour span in high-security Court Road, Jail Road and Chawlduwa area at around 9 pm.
Two of the grenades exploded injuring five persons while a live grenade was recovered from
Chawlduwa area.
The anti-talk ULFA ultras hurled the grenades at a vehicle before escaping, eyewitnesses claimed.
PTI
First Published: Tuesday, July 23, 2013, 23:43