Ten unexploded bombs found in diamond hub of India

by Sanjay Jha | July 29, 2008 at 03:05 am

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Barely the dust over the explosion had settled in Ahmedabad and Bangalore, another important business hub in India has been targeted. Surat, known worldwide for its Diamond business, was today targeted by terrorists and as last news came Police have defused more than ten bombs in different busy part of the town. India is in ectreme grip of fear over recent consecutive bombing in two important cities.

Police found ten unexploded bombs in Surat, one of the world's biggest diamond-polishing centres, on Tuesday, three days after a series of bombs in the Ahmedababd killed 45 people.

"We have defused seven bombs and (are) working on three more," senior police official HP Singh told Reuters.

He said the bombs were all found in one of Surat city's most crowded neighbourhoods, but gave no details about the nature of the explosives or who could have placed them.

A series of 16 bombs ripped through the nearby city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat on Saturday, a day after bombs killed one woman in the IT hub of Bangalore.

A group called the "Indian Mujahideen" said it carried out the Ahmedabad attack, writing in an e-mail sent five minutes before the first blast that it was in revenge for a 2002 massacre in Gujarat of around 2,500 people, mainly Muslims, by Hindu mobs. On Sunday, two unexploded car bombs were also found by police in Surat.