A bomb exploded in a busy market in India's restive northeast Saturday, killing eight people and injuring 19, and authorities said they discovered and defused a large bomb hidden on a crowded passenger train headed for the area.There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but police were investigating whether the United Liberation Front of Asom, a separatist rebel group, was involved. The ULFA, which has been fighting since 1979 for an independent homeland in Assam, has set off more than 20 bombs in two months, police said.
In the market blast, the explosives were packed in a three-wheeled auto-rickshaw, said S.N. Singh, police chief of Gauhati, the capital of the state of Assam.
Separately, officials defused a 22-pound bomb inside an unclaimed steel box that was found on a train during a routine check at a station stop 125 miles outside of Gauhati, said railway official T. Rabha.
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