Three persons were reported killed and nearly 120 others wounded in a series of five bomb blasts that ripped through Tripura’s capital town of Agartala on October 1. The low-intensity blasts took place at Agartala's main shopping area of Maharaja Ganju Bazar, Gobind Ballah Pant market, Radhanagar bus stand, Agartala Motor stand and Abhay Nagar. It is the first time that Tripura has faced urban terror as the state’s decades-old militancy has so far been dominated by tribal insurgent groups operating in tribal areas close to the Chittagong Hill Tracts. According to police sources, the needle of suspicion is on HuJI1. According to Tripura Police highly explosive devices with a mobile phone as trigger were used in low-intensity blasts.

• 1. “Assault on Agartala”, Telegraph, October 2, 2008, at http://telegraphindia.com/1081002/jsp/frontpage/story_9918102.jsp