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{{Infobox civilian attack<br />
| title = 2009 Guwahati serial blasts<br />
| image = Assam in India.png<br />
| caption = The state of [[Assam]] (highlighted in purple), the location of the attacks, shown within the rest of [[India]].<br />
| location = [[Guwahati]], [[Assam]], [[India]]<br />
| coordinates = <br />
| date = 1 January 2009<br />
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| timezone = + 5:30<br />
| type = [[improvised explosive device]] bombing<br />
| fatalities = 6<ref name = "sify">[https://web.archive.org/web/20101111051415/http://sify.com/news/death-toll-in-guwahati-serial-bombings-rises-to-six-news-national-jegu6Fjfadg.html Death toll in Guwahati serial bombings rises to six]</ref><br />
| injuries = 67<ref name = "TOI">[https://web.archive.org/web/20121025174351/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-01-02/india/28010624_1_bongaigaon-birubari-blast Times of India]</ref><br />
| perps = [[United Liberation Front of Asom|ULFA]]<br />
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{{Terrorist attacks in India (since 2001)}}<br />
The '''2009 Guwahati bombings''' occurred on 1 January 2009 in [[Guwahati]], [[Assam]], [[India]]. They occurred a few hours before Indian Home Minister [[P. Chidambaram]] was due to travel to the city.<ref name ="ET">[http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Serial_blasts_in_Guwahati_30_injured/articleshow/3922632.cms Economic Times]</ref><br />
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The bombing was carried out by the [[United Liberation Front of Asom]] (ULFA), and left 6 people dead and a further 67 injured.<br />
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==Details==<br />
Police confirmed that first blast took place near Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi TB Hospital at Birubari at 2.35pm, injuring five people, including a 10-year-old child. Another blast at the busy Bhootnath market near the famous [[Kamakhya Temple]], killed two people instantaneously and injured at least 25 others. Police said that a bomb was placed on a bicycle.<ref name = "TOI"/> Incidentally, P Chidambaram was to pass Bhootnath on his way from the airport.<ref name=ibn1109>{{cite news|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/5-killed-51-injured-in-guwahati-bomb-blasts/81760-3.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522132539/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/5-killed-51-injured-in-guwahati-bomb-blasts/81760-3.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-05-22|title=5 killed, 51 injured in Guwahati bomb blasts|date=2009-01-01|publisher=CNN-IBN|accessdate=2009-01-01}}</ref><br />
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The third blast occurred outside a [[Big Bazaar]] retail outlet at Bhangagarh, a commercial area near [[Guwahati Medical College]] (GMCH), at 5.45 pm. Bhangagarh is one of the poshest areas in Guwahati and is home to many shopping malls.<ref name ="ET"/> Three of the 34 people injured in the blast succumbed to their injuries in hospital. Police suspected that the bomb was kept inside a pan shop in the area.<ref name = "TOI"/> Another person died in the hospital making the death toll 6.<ref name = "sify"/><br />
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All three blasts were low intensity, carried using [[Improvised explosive device]]s (IED). Police say that the a biker placed the first bomb in a dustbin, the second one was placed on a cycle and third on the roadside. The second blast was the most powerful one. The third blast ignited a fire due to its proximity to a [[kerosene]] source.<ref name=ibn1109/><br />
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The injured were admitted to the GMCH and [[Mahendra Mohan Choudhury Hospital]] (MMCH) and are reported to be in critical condition.<ref name=ibn1109/><br />
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==Investigation==<br />
The [[United Liberation Front of Asom]] (ULFA) is suspected of having carried out the bombings.<ref name=ibn1109/><ref name = "TOI"/><br />
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==Reactions==<br />
Assam Chief Minister [[Tarun Gogoi]] admitted security lapses and expressed the need of strengthening the state police force.<ref name=ibn1109/><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[2008 Assam bombings]]<br />
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