A woman was killed and at least six people were injured in a series of five low-intensity blasts carried out in eastern parts of the information technology capital this afternoon.
The woman, who was waiting at a bus shelter in Madivala on the Bangalore-Hosur road, was killed in the blast and her husband and another person were seriously injured, police said.
Bangalore was rocked by a major terrorist attack in December, 2005 when extremists opened fire in the famous Indian Institute of Science complex in which a Delhi IIT professor lost his life.
There were also blasts in other areas like Panthrapalya, Audugodi and Vittal Mallya Road within minutes of each other from the first blast at around 1330 hours.
Police Commissioner Shankar Bidari appealed to the people of the city to maintain calm and carry on with their normal life as police have been put on alert throughout the city.
He said timer device has been used in some of the blasts and explosives in quantity equivalent to one or two handgrenades have been used in some others.
Bidari termed it as an "act of miscreants" trying to disturb peace in Bangalore and appeared pre-planned. "We will get to the criminals and arrest them," he said.
Bomb disposal squads and forensic experts have rushed to the spot for investigations.
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The woman, who was waiting at a bus shelter in Madivala on the Bangalore-Hosur road, was killed in the blast and her husband and another person were seriously injured, police said.
Bangalore was rocked by a major terrorist attack in December, 2005 when extremists opened fire in the famous Indian Institute of Science complex in which a Delhi IIT professor lost his life.
There were also blasts in other areas like Panthrapalya, Audugodi and Vittal Mallya Road within minutes of each other from the first blast at around 1330 hours.
Police Commissioner Shankar Bidari appealed to the people of the city to maintain calm and carry on with their normal life as police have been put on alert throughout the city.
He said timer device has been used in some of the blasts and explosives in quantity equivalent to one or two handgrenades have been used in some others.
Bidari termed it as an "act of miscreants" trying to disturb peace in Bangalore and appeared pre-planned. "We will get to the criminals and arrest them," he said.
Bomb disposal squads and forensic experts have rushed to the spot for investigations.
http://www.ndtvprofit.com/2008/07/25155143/Serial-bomb-blasts-rock-Bangal.html
