Serial blasts rock Uttar Pradesh
A series of near-simultaneous explosions shook courthouses in three Uttar Pradesh cities, with blasts going off in Lucknow, Varanasi and Faizabad.
By Agencies |
LUCKNOW: A series of near-simultaneous explosions shook courthouses Friday in three north Indian cities, with blasts going off in Lucknow, Varanasi and Faizabad, officials said.
At least 12 lawyers were injured in the explosion in Varanasi, one of India's holiest cities, said Vipin Mishra, spokesman for the Home Ministry of Uttar Pradesh.
Seven people were killed in the explosion in Faizabad, according to TV reports.
The blasts went off less than 15 minutes apart inside court complexes, but not in courtrooms, Mishra said.
A series of terrorist bombings have ripped across India in the past two years. In August, a pair of explosions killed 43 people in the southern city of Hyderabad. In July 2006, bombs in seven Mumbai commuter trains killed more than 200 people.
Police named no immediate suspects in the Friday explosions, but bombings are commonly blamed on Pakistan-based Muslim militants hoping to create tensions between India's Hindu majority and Muslim minority.
Meanwhile, Union Deputy Home Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal said, "I believe it is the handiwork of groups who are trying to spread terror in our country," he told reporters, minutes after the blasts.
At least 12 lawyers were injured in the explosion in Varanasi, one of India's holiest cities, said Vipin Mishra, spokesman for the Home Ministry of Uttar Pradesh.
Seven people were killed in the explosion in Faizabad, according to TV reports.
The blasts went off less than 15 minutes apart inside court complexes, but not in courtrooms, Mishra said.
A series of terrorist bombings have ripped across India in the past two years. In August, a pair of explosions killed 43 people in the southern city of Hyderabad. In July 2006, bombs in seven Mumbai commuter trains killed more than 200 people.
Police named no immediate suspects in the Friday explosions, but bombings are commonly blamed on Pakistan-based Muslim militants hoping to create tensions between India's Hindu majority and Muslim minority.
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Meanwhile, Union Deputy Home Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal said, "I believe it is the handiwork of groups who are trying to spread terror in our country," he told reporters, minutes after the blasts.
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