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Five killed in Assam grenade attack

Morigaon (Assam): Five persons, including three CRPF men, were killed and a motorcycle damaged in a grenade attack by the ULFA in central Assam’s Morigaon district on Monday, police said.

The grenade was hurled by two motor-cycle-borne ULFA insurgents at a police security check post in front of the Zila Parishad office in Morigaon town at 7.20 p.m.

A motorcycle parked in the area caught fire and was damaged. The injured were admitted to the Morigaon civil hospital. In the run-up to the Republic Day the ULFA has stepped up its violence since Saturday. — PTI

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