Guwahati, Feb 8 : Over 400 people have been killed in Assam in around 700 incidents of bomb blast since April 2001.
As many as 698 bomb blast incidents were reported in the state between April 1, 2001, and January 10, 2011, state Cabinet minister Rockybul Hussain said in reply to a written question in the state Assembly today.
He was replying on behalf of Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, who also holds the Home portfolio.
In these incidents, altogether 446 people were killed, of whom 73 were personnel of security agencies and 373 were civilians.
Another 3,652 people were injured, of whom 351 were personnel of security agencies and 3301 were civilians.
Hussain further said relief and rehabilitation as well as ex-gratia were provided to the victims and their families as per the government norms.
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