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Meghalaya police avert IED bombing in Ri-Bhoi district

Shillong, Oct 12 (UNI) A major tragedy was averted with the timely detection of a powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Meghalaya’s Ri-Bhoi district on Saturday evening, police officials said on Sunday.
The IED, planted inside a bag, was found inside a compound located in front of the Meghalaya Rural Bank in the Umsning market at around 7.30 pm, Vivekanand Singh Rathore, the district police chief of Ri-Bhoi, said.
Simultaneously, the bomb detection and disposal squad (BDDS) and a K-9 team were requisitioned, and upon assessing the abandoned bag, they confirmed the presence of explosives.
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