Over a Dozen Killed As Bombs Tear Through Three Indian Cities

by Rob Walker | November 23, 2007 at 07:04 am
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News is still getting out about this, but so far at least 13 people are reported to have been killed in seven separate bombings across northern India.
At least thirteen people have been killed in a series of explosions that ripped through courthouse complexes in three north Indian cities, officials said.

 The blasts on Friday were reported from Lucknow, Varanasi and Faizabad, all in the populous state of Uttar Pradesh, according to the police.

 "I believe it is the handiwork of groups who are trying to spread terror in our country," Sriprakash Jaiswal, junior home minister, said.


Three bombs have been detonated almost simultaneously near courthouses in three cities in the state of Uttar Pradesh, northern India on Friday.
 
The explosions hit the cities of Lucknow, Faizabad and Varansi.
 
According to officials, the explosions occurred within five minutes of each other near the courthouses.

A series of near-simultaneous explosions ripped through courthouse complexes Friday in three north Indian cities, with blasts going off in Lucknow, Varanasi and Faizabad, killing at least 10 lawyers and injuring dozens of other people, officials said.

 
Federal authorities blamed militants trying to spark unrest between India's Hindu majority and Muslim minority, though a legal group noted all the blasts came in a state where lawyers had decided earlier this year not to defend terrorist suspects.

 
At least seven lawyers were killed in three explosions in Varanasi, one of Hinduism's holiest cities, said Brij Lal, a top official in Uttar Pradesh state, where all three cities are located.
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Jordan Yerman

Rob Walker, thanks for getting this story out so quickly. It will now show up on the home page for four hours. If new developments justify it, I'll renew this flag for another cycle.

scaramouche
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at 07:45 on November 23rd, 2007

Rob Walker, I like this story. It's good stuff.


Thanks for getting it out

RC Cone
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at 13:21 on November 23rd, 2007


kaizadbhamgara
kaizadbhamgara
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at 20:34 on November 27th, 2007

Good stuff.

 

this is truly shocking., altho the cities are not major cities
industrially financially or politically, it is nevertheless! I hope
that the culprits are found soon. with the current tension going on in
India.. especially the northern states, it could be expected
 

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