Bangalore attacked

Serial bomb blasts come to town

This is an archived blog post from The Acorn.

Rediff’s Vicky Nanjappa reports seven bomb blasts in and around Bangalore, killing three and injuring at least 20 people. (via email from Gautam John)

The Indian Express quotes the city police chief:

“Explosives were hidden in places which are refugee prone and on roadside. All six blasts were of low intensity,” said Bangalore Police Commissioner Shankar Bidri.

“The Bangalore police is fully capable of dealing with the situation. We request the people to carry on with their routine life. The affected areas have been sealed and completely cordoned off,” he said. [IE]

If you would like to share or comment on this, please discuss it on my GitHub Previous
After the fig leaf dropped off Next
Lubricating a US-Iran rapprochement (2)