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| A selative of a person killed in Thursday's bomb blasts wails outside a hospital in Guwahati |
GUWAHATI, India, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Indian police detained three Muslims on Saturday after a little-known Islamist group claimed responsibility for bombings that killed 77 people in the troubled state of Assam.
A police official said that a car and mobile phones used to detonate bombs in the remote northeastern state, including main city Guwahati, had been traced to the three men.
Thursday's coordinated bomb attacks were the worst in India's turbulent northeast, home to more than 200 tribes and a focus of dozens of insurgencies connected with demands for autonomy or statehood.
A little-known Islamic group, Islamic Security Force-Indian Mujahideen sent a mobile text message to a local TV station claiming responsibility for the bombings.
“We, ISF-IM, take responsibility of Thursday's blast. We warn all of Assam and India of situation like this in future,” the text message said. |
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