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Blast on poll-eve creates panic in Manipur
Friday January 27, 2012 07:17:15 PM,
IANS
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Imphal: Militants
Friday triggered another blast in Manipur on the eve of the
assembly polls, creating panic in the state with a string of
bombings since polls were announced.
Suspected militants triggered a blast in the Manipur capital at
11.15 a.m. at Thangmeiban Iikamdewan Leiki locality under Imphal
West district. One person received minor injuries in the blast,
police said. The victim was rushed to the Regional Institute of
Medical Science (RIMS) in Imphal.
Police said the blast -- an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) --
took place at a house and was detonated by a remote device.
Serial blasts have created panic in the state, particularly in the
capital, ahead of assembly polls scheduled for Saturday.
On Thursday, suspected militants triggered a blast in Imphal. The
place where the blast took place is only 2 km from Kangla Fort,
where the state's official Republic Day function was celebrated.
No one was injured in the blast.
On Wednesday night, militants exploded two powerful bombs in Kakwa
area in Imphal West district. There was no casualty.
On Jan 22, militants triggered a powerful explosion outside the
residence of the speaker of the outgoing assembly and Congress
party candidate in election-bound Manipur. The blast killed one
person and three others.
Three people were injured in a grenade attack Jan 10 when
unidentified militants lobbed a grenade outside the residence of
K. Joykishen, a Trinamol Congress candidate, on the outskirts of
Imphal. Joykishen was present at his residence when the attack
took place.
On Jan 6, a ruling Congress party election office came under a
grenade attack although no one was injured.
A coordination committee of seven major militant groups of the
state called CorCom have called for a ban on all election meetings
and campaigning by the Congress candidates in the state. The
militant groups had warned of dire consequences if their diktat
was violated.
Militant groups in past elections as well targeted the Congress
candidates and other politicians and issued similar warnings.
There are more than 20 rebel armies active in Manipur, a state
bordering Myanmar, with demands ranging from secession to greater
autonomy.
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