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70 dead,200 injured as blasts rock western Indian city of Jaipur
by krishna53 | May 13, 2008 at 10:41 am | 993 views | 12 comments
by krishna53
Latest estimates by local newspapers say atleast 70 persons were killed as 7 powerful blasts rocked the western Indian city of Jaipur at 7:35PM local time(2:05PM GMT).The Blasts occured in crowded markets frequented by tourists including foreigners.The blasts took place in Tripolia Bazar where a Hanuman temple drew a large number of devotees, Manas Chowk, Badi Choupal, Choti Choupal and Johari Bazar.
The blasts set off panic and near-stampede situation at all the five congested localities. One blast went off in a car while another at a shop. Scores of people injured and ferried to hospitals.One explosive was defused by bomb disposal squad near the Hanuman temple. Blood was splattered at the scene of the blasts which tossed some of the victims several feet up
Bangladesh-based Harkut-ul-Jehadi Islami(HuJI) is suspected to be behind the blasts that has taken the state authorities by surprise, Indian Home Ministry sources said
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May 13, 2008 at 10:41 am by krishna53, 993 views, 12 comments
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at 10:44 on May 13th, 2008
krishna53, 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.
at 10:52 on May 13th, 2008
See additional coverage here.
at 11:48 on May 13th, 2008
krishna, my daughter and i had visited all these places mentioned in the report on the blasts when we visited the pink city two years ago. it is terrible to hear this news. as if the recent natural disasters in burma and china werent enough to depress the world...now this!
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Zlenderat 12:07 on May 13th, 2008
krishna53, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 12:27 on May 13th, 2008
Thanks for the updates! Please see here, here and here for other NowPublic members' coverage.
at 13:01 on May 13th, 2008
I think this is an important story and would benefit from other NowPublic contributors working on it. I've flagged it as News Wanted and invite others in relevant locations to look for more evidence.
at 13:08 on May 13th, 2008
krishna53, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 13:18 on May 13th, 2008
krishna53, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 14:27 on May 13th, 2008
krishna53, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 14:36 on May 13th, 2008
Here is a "FIRST IN" video from the scene of one of the blasts.
at 15:55 on May 13th, 2008
krishna53, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 04:40 on May 14th, 2008
Seven bombs kill 80 in Indian tourist city
Seven near-simultaneous bomb blasts tore through crowded markets in the Indian tourist city of Jaipur Tuesday, killing at least 80 people and wounding 150 in what police said was a terror attack.
"We have information that 80 people have died," Rajasthan state home minister Gulab Chand Kataria was quoted by AFP as telling reporters.
"One suspect was detained and is being investigated," he added in Jaipur, the state capital.
One of the explosions went off near a packed Hindu temple, leaving pools of blood outside in the street and cycles and rickshaws in a mangled heap, television pictures showed.
Among the 80 dead were a 10-year-old boy at the Hanuman (monkey god) temple, a bride in a bright red saree still wearing marriage bangles and a young man covered in blood who was left hanging over the twisted wreckage of a bicycle rickshaw, the Press Trust of India said.
"We will not tolerate such activities at all," said Vasundhara Raje, chief minister of the desert state.
Shopping bags, bloodied sandals and shoes were strewn around Johri bazaar, one of the hit markets, which security forces cleared quickly for fear of further blasts.
One live bomb was found attached to a bicycle at one of the explosion sites and was defused, police said.
Government officials usually blame Islamic militants based in Pakistan for such attacks, which have plagued India in recent years.
Junior home minister Shriprakash Jaiswal told reporters, "The people responsible for these attacks have foreign connections," but he refused to point a finger directly at traditional foe Pakistan.
Police said seven blasts occurred within minutes of each other during the evening in crowded markets of old walled Jaipur, about 260 kilometres (160 miles) from New Delhi.
"It`s a terror attack ...