Date:29/11/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/11/29/stories/2007112959180100.htm

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10 people injured in Tinsukia stampede

Dibrugarh: Ten people were injured in a stampede following a rumour that a bomb blast had occurred in the Bordumsa area of Tinsukia district of Assam on Wednesday. Police said panic spread in the bazaar area after a loud noise that was caused by a tyre burst. The people ran helter skelter and in the stampede that followed, 10 sustained injuries. Army men, who were on a patrol in the area, shifted the injured to a nearby hospital.

Meanwhile, protesting tribals on Wednesday attacked a police station and damaged vehicles on being stopped from closing down shops in Sonitpur prompting authorities to clamp curfew in the town. — PTI