Bridge for sale?
Militants blow up another bridge in India's Assam
03:33 a.m. Jun 05, 1998 Eastern
GUWAHATI, India, June 5 (Reuters) - Separatist tribal guerrillas blew up
another vital bridge in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam on
Friday, police said.
Police said Bodo militants used improvised explosive devices to blow up
the bridge on the national highway in the Dhubri district, about 290 km
(173 miles) west of the state's capital.
No one was hurt. Security and civil officials have rushed to the site in
order to detour traffic and start repair work, they added.
On Tuesday, Bodo militants blew up three vital bridges on the main
national highway of tea-and-oil-rich Assam state, disrupting road and
rail links with mainland India.
But skeletal train services between the mountainous region and rest of
the country were restored on Thursday. Security was tightened on rail
tracks and important highway bridges to prevent further attacks
India's northeast, made up of seven states and surrounded by Bhutan,
Myanmar, Bangladesh and China, is home to more than 200 ethnic groups,
some of which demand more political autonomy or secession.
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