2008 Assam bombings

2008 Assam serial blasts
LocationAssam, India
Date30 October 2008
Attack type
Mass car bombings
WeaponsRDX, TNT and PETN[1]
Deaths81[2]
Injured470[3][4]
PerpetratorsNDFB

The 2008 Assam bombings occurred on 30 October 2008, before noon in markets in Guwahati city and the surrounding area of western Assam. Reports indicated as many as eighteen bombs went off,[5] causing at least 81 deaths and 470 injuries.[3]

  1. ^ Kalita, Prabin (1 November 2008). "Car bombs were used in Guwahati blast". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
  2. ^ Assam blast toll rises to 81 Archived 10 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b One arrested for Assam serial blasts
  4. ^ "Serial blasts in Assam, 20 dead, 100 injured". The Times of India. 30 October 2008. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2008.
  5. ^ At least 61 killed and over 470 injured in 18 blasts in Assam Archived 12 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine