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Bomb blasts in India leave at least 100 injured

by Amy Judd | October 1, 2008 at 09:34 am

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UPDATE: 9:05 EST

The death toll has risen to at least 5 in the latest bomb attack in India.

On Wednesday evening, series of bombs exploded in the Radhanagar and Golbazar areas of Agartala, capital of Tripura, killing at least 5 and wounding over 100.

According to police investigators, four high intensity bombs went off in Agartala. "One of the bombs went off in a bus stand while the remaining three exploded in busy maket areas. They all went off in quick succession," a police official said on conditions of anonymity.

A sixth bomb was found inside a tiffin box at the Motor Stand and defused.

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Another series of bombs have exploded in India, killing at least two people and injuring about 100.

The first of four blasts hit at 7:30pm in Agartala, which was packed with people shopping during the Muslim holiday of Eid al Fitr.

Three more bombs exploded at nearby markets over the next hour and a half.

20 people are in critical condition, two are dead, and about a hundred are injured.

Police are saying it's too early to see if two militant groups in Tripura are responsible.

The groups, All Tripura Tiger Force and the National Liberation Front of Tripura, have been relatively quiet in recent years.

Shreyesh said police are investigating whether the bombers came across the long and porous border Tripura shares with Bangladesh.

India has been hit by a spate of recent bomb attacks. The latest explosions killed six people and wounded 45 others Monday night in the western cities of Malegaon and Modasa.