India temple and train station bombed, other bombs diffused

[Son Goku]

Normally, I wouldn't post something in two places; but there might be some people who will want to discuss this...

Both a temple has been bombed at a time Hindus were gathering for worship, as well as 2 more explosions at the main railway station several minutes latter. At least 15 deaths have already been reported this far, with 60 injuries.

A couple other bombs (including one with a timing device on it) and one in the market place, were disarmed by local police in time... Terrorism isn't being ruled out at this point, and the government over there has gotten together for an emergency session.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4782618.stm

At least 15 people have been killed in three bomb explosions in the northern Indian pilgrimage city of Varanasi.

At least 60 others were injured, police said. The first blast occurred at a Hindu temple and was followed by two more at the main railway station.

Police also said they defused two more bombs in the city. No-one has so far said they were behind the attacks.

Varanasi is the religious capital of Hinduism and is usually packed with Indian pilgrims and foreign tourists.

The first explosion took place in the major Sankot Mochan temple dedicated to the Hindu God Hanuman at about 1815 local time (1245 GMT).

...At least 10 people were killed and a number of others injured in the blast, Uttar Pradesh officials said.

An eyewitness, Siddharth Suri, told the BBC that thousands of people were at the temple at the time of the blast.

Tuesday is a special day at the Sankat Mochan temple and the explosion took place just minutes before the main worship.

"There was a loud explosion followed by dust. There was pandemonium in the front of the temple," Mr Suri said.

"The explosion at the temple is horrific and shocking to me," high priest of the temple Veer Bhadra Mishra told the BBC News website.

"The Sankat Mochan temple is loved, respected and revered by so many people as a place of religious worship and ritual. I am so pained," the priest said.

The complex would have been packed with worshippers and the fear is the explosion was timed to have maximum impact, the BBC's Nadvip Dhariwal in Delhi reports.

Minutes later, the city's main railway station was rocked by two blasts, with eyewitnesses saying they saw a number of casualties.

One of the blasts occurred in a train carriage reportedly packed with passengers, and the other near the station's ticket counter.

High alert

"The blasts were pretty big and I do not rule out a terrorist hand behind it," Varanasi's police chief Navneet Sikera was quoted as saying by Reuters news agency.

Officials said experts also defused two bombs - on the bank of the River Ganges and at a city market. One of the bombs had a timing device.

Police secured the sites of the blasts, and security was stepped up throughout the city.

Major cities across India, including the capital Delhi, were put on high alert, following the explosions...

[evilghost]

Perhaps this explains the increased hold times for Microsoft technical support.

[UDawg]

Allah! Be Praised!

[Peoples-Agent]

Oooooh No!
The Indians are some of the warmest NICEST people on Earth, but test them with **** like this, and they will scalp Mullahs medievally.

Regards to the victims and families.