Bengali militants' blast kills three

Bengali militants have thrown a bomb at a jeep carrying local tribesmen near the town of Dasda in the north-eastern Indian state of Tripura.

Police say at least three tribesmen were killed and five others seriously injured in the explosion.

The United Bengali Liberation Front admitted carrying out the attack.

Following the blast, tribesmen set fire to scores of huts in two Bengali villages near Dasda.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service