2008 Assam serial blasts | |
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Location | Assam, India |
Date | 30 October 2008 |
Attack type | Mass car bombings |
Weapons | RDX, TNT and PETN[1] |
Deaths | 81[2] |
Injured | 470[3][4] |
Perpetrators | NDFB |
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]