Bangalore bombs kill two, injure over 12

INDIA: India’s high-technology capital Bangalore was rocked by a string of seven bomb blasts yesterday with at least two people killed and a dozen more wounded, police said.

Police said the southern city had been put on high alert, with bomb disposal teams and forensic experts rushed into action as authorities tried to determine who was responsible and IT companies closed early.

“A woman and a man have died and around a dozen others received shrapnel injuries in the blasts,” Bangalore police commissioner Shankar Bidri told reporters.

Two blasts occurred close to police facilities while another bomb went of in an upmarket city-centre business district, he said, adding a fourth explosion targeted Koramangla district, which houses several computer software firms.

The other blasts were reported from the southern suburbs of the religiously mixed and cosmopolitan city, the capital of Karnataka state, police said.

Police chief Bidri said the total amount of explosive used in the bombs was “equivalent to one or two hand grenades.”

“We suspect that timer devices were used in two or three explosive devices, while the others could have been set off using mobile phones,” Bidri said.“We are investigating the blasts. Bomb disposal squads and forensic experts have reached the spot.” AFP