Monday, May 19, 2008
Nine bombs ripped through Jaipur streets - 63 killed
Nine bombs ripped through the crowded streets Jaipur on May 13 evening, killing around 63 people in markets and outside Hindu temples.The bombs, many strapped to bicycles, exploded within minutes of each other in Jaipur's pink walled city, a magnet for foreign tourists.
It was the deadliest bomb attack in India in nearly two years. Around 216 people were wounded and local television stations broadcast appeals for blood donations.
Television channels quoted government and intelligence officials as blaming Pakistani or Bangladeshi Islamist militant groups.
"At around 7.30[p.m.] there was a big noise and suddenly I found people in a pool of blood," said Govind Sharma, a priest at a Hindu temple, through tears. "I've lost my father in the bomb blast."
Officials said the apparent motive for the bombs was to undermine a peace process between India and Pakistan or foment communal violence in India.
Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee is due to visit Islamabad in just over a week to review the four-year-old peace process, his first since a new, civilian government took over in Pakistan.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appealed for calm. The British and U.S. governments said there could be no justification for killing innocent people.
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