SHILLONG: Tensions escalated in the state capital after a series of petrol bomb attacks and arson incidents targeted political and police facilities within 24 hours.
Early Friday morning, two masked men allegedly threw petrol bombs at the National People’s Party (NPP) office in Lower Lachumiere.
Fortunately, the attack caused no damage. A similar attempted petrol bomb attack was reported soon after in Madanrting.
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In a separate incident, miscreants set fire to a motorcycle—suspected to belong to the police—parked along the roadside in Malki.
These incidents followed an earlier attack late Thursday night, when a petrol bomb was thrown at the Nongmensong Police Outpost, damaging the building’s wall and furniture but causing no casualties.
Police have registered a case and launched a full-scale investigation to identify and apprehend those responsible for the arson attacks.
(4FrontMedia news)
