Bangalore Blasts - 7 blasts rock Bangalore
At least two people have been killed and 20 people wounded in a series of blasts in Bangalore. Seven blasts have been reported so far.
According to Bangalore Police Commissioner, Shankar Bidari, seven blasts rocked Bangalore.
The blasts took place at the Madiwala bus depot, Mysore road, Adugudi, Adugudi, Koramangla, Vittal Mallaya road, Langford Town and Richmond Town. The blasts took place within a span of 60 minutes.
"In all these cases they have created the blast using timer devices," Bangalore Commissioner of Police Shankar Bidari told reporters at the site of one of the blasts.
"Explosives have also been used, in quantity equal to one or two grenades."
The police sources also said that these terror attacks bear the hallmarks of Bangladesh outfit HuJi.
Some IT firms, as well as schools, colleges, malls and cinemas closed after news of the blasts broke. Phone lines were jammed.
"I was on my way to office when we heard a noise," witness Arun Daniel told a news channel. "It sounded like a cracker. The traffic was blocked, everyone was running around. It was not a severe blast."
A TV channel showed a small shopping stall in Bangalore with broken windows and its concrete floors broken in pieces. Rubble littered another site.
M R Pujar, additional police commissioner for Bangalore said "crude explosives" had been used. "There were seven low-intensity explosions," he said. "Some of them were in crowded areas."
Bomb disposal squads have reached the blasts sites.
According to IB sources, SIMI and LeT may be behind the Bangalore blasts and they could be retaliatory in nature.
Union Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta has said that, "we are in the initial stages of the investigation. We are in constant touch with the state government. We hope to have a detailed report by evening. The injured have been admitted to the St Johns Hospital in Bangalore. Source : Times of India.
According to Bangalore Police Commissioner, Shankar Bidari, seven blasts rocked Bangalore.
The blasts took place at the Madiwala bus depot, Mysore road, Adugudi, Adugudi, Koramangla, Vittal Mallaya road, Langford Town and Richmond Town. The blasts took place within a span of 60 minutes.
"In all these cases they have created the blast using timer devices," Bangalore Commissioner of Police Shankar Bidari told reporters at the site of one of the blasts.
"Explosives have also been used, in quantity equal to one or two grenades."
The police sources also said that these terror attacks bear the hallmarks of Bangladesh outfit HuJi.
Some IT firms, as well as schools, colleges, malls and cinemas closed after news of the blasts broke. Phone lines were jammed.
"I was on my way to office when we heard a noise," witness Arun Daniel told a news channel. "It sounded like a cracker. The traffic was blocked, everyone was running around. It was not a severe blast."
A TV channel showed a small shopping stall in Bangalore with broken windows and its concrete floors broken in pieces. Rubble littered another site.
M R Pujar, additional police commissioner for Bangalore said "crude explosives" had been used. "There were seven low-intensity explosions," he said. "Some of them were in crowded areas."
Bomb disposal squads have reached the blasts sites.
According to IB sources, SIMI and LeT may be behind the Bangalore blasts and they could be retaliatory in nature.
Union Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta has said that, "we are in the initial stages of the investigation. We are in constant touch with the state government. We hope to have a detailed report by evening. The injured have been admitted to the St Johns Hospital in Bangalore. Source : Times of India.
