Bomb Blast in Imphal
posted on Nov 30, 2011 @ 11:36AM
As per the reports, a powerful bomb has just exploded around 11.30 AM 30 November, 2011 in a crowded market in Imphal in Manipur. Early reports say one person is dead in the bomb explosion so far and several others injured.
A bomb went off at the Sangai festival in Imphal, Manipur, this morning just days before the Prime Minister's visit to the troubled state. Mr Manmohan Singh is scheduled to visit the state, which just lifted a 100-day blockade, on December 3.
According to initial reports three people were injured, one critically, when the bomb went off at the gate of the festival venue on the closing day. However, sources inform that the casualities may increase further.
Police sources say that the IED was carried to the venue in a rickshaw. The state governor is scheduled to attend the festival today. Had the explosion taken place in the evening, the casualty figures would have been hundreds if not thousands.
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