India: Bomb Blasts Rip Through Jaipur Market - With Video
A series of bomb blasts have ripped through crowded market areas in the Indian city of Jaipur, killing up to 35 people and injuring dozens more.
Police said five explosions were heard within minutes of each other in the northwestern city, which is popular with Indian and foreign tourists.
Amorjot Singh Gill, Rajasthan’s police chief, said the blasts were “obviously a terror attack.”
Emergency services were rushing to the scenes of the blasts in the crowded old city, but the extent of the casualties was not immediately clear.
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One witness said at least 25 bodies had been taken to hospital in Jaipur, about 260 kilometres from New Delhi, while NDTV television reported up to 35 people had been killed.
The first explosion took place at 7:25pm (1355 GMT), and another reportedly hit a market near a temple dedicated to the Hindu monkey god Hanuman.
A.K. Jain, a top police official in Jaipur, said Tuesdays were the day of worship set aside for Hanuman, and the temple was packed with people offering prayers on the way home from work.
Another blast took place near the Johari Bazaar — the city’s jewelry market and a popular destination for tourists.
The tourist season, however, ended in March and there were no indications that foreigners had been caught in the explosions.
Jaipur, also known as the pink city owing to its pink stucco buildings, is the capital of Rajasthan state and has a population of approximately 2.7 million.
(Telegraph)
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