9 Bombs Rip Through Bangalore

Nine bombs exploded over period of 15 minutes in the Indian city of Bangalore. So far, two people have been reported killed and at least 20 people have been injured. No terrorist group has claimed responsibility so far. Washington Post

NEW DELHI, July 25--At least seven low-intensity blasts tore through India's high-tech hub of Bangalore on Friday afternoon, killing two people and injuring at least 20 others in the second high-profile attack on an Indian city in 10 weeks.

No group immediately asserted responsibility for the coordinated bombings that disrupted the leafy city in the early afternoon, exploding along highways, outside markets, at a bus stop and on a residential street. Some blasts detonated in the eastern outskirts of the city, while others had been placed along central highways, authorities said. While initial reports said there were seven blasts over a period of 15 minutes, authorities later were quoted saying there were as many as nine explosions in all.

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The bombs were relatively unsophisticated explosive devices stuffed with nuts and bolts, Bangalore police commissioner Shankar Bidari told reporters at one bomb site. He said it was unclear if the attacks were orchestrated by "local miscreants or were part of a larger pattern of terrorist attacks."

"In all these cases they have created the blast using timer devices," Bidari told reporters. "They were small bombs and were only the equivalent of one or two grenades."

A woman was killed by one of the bombs while waiting at a bus stop in the residential Madiwala neighborhood, Bidri said. A second person, described as a day laborer, was killed in the same blast, according to a report on India's main news channel.