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| Blasts in 3 Ahmedabad buses |
| 2002-05-29 |
| Three bomb blasts rocked Ahmedabad on Wednesday morning, injuring at least 12 people. The bombs were placed on three Ahmedabad Municipal Transport Corporation buses. And I'd guess that these were Pak-controlled. This would be ISI or a surrogate trying to restir the pot in Gujarat to take pressure off Kashmir. The bombs were placed under the seats in the buses, and exploded almost simultaneously, police said. Another suspected bomb, a tiffin box, is currently lying at the Kalupur bus stop, and the city police's bomb disposal squad was trying to defuse the bomb. The blasts occurred during peak-hour traffic. The police said crude homemade pipe bombs of low intensity were used. From the blast site, the police have recovered parts of batteries used in the bomb's timer and pieces of the pipes used in making the bomb. The blast at Gita Mandir, where six commuters were injured, was the most severe. The rear portion of the bus was ripped apart. "The injuries were due to shrapnel. Thankfully, it was not an RDX attack. The toll would have gone up by manifolds then," a police source said. While there have been no deaths so far, some of the victims are said to be in critical condition. The police said that there was a likelihood that the bombs were kept inside the buses at one central point — possibly in the Gita Mandir bus depot. This one wasn't directed against Hindus or Muslims, but at anybody who happened to be there. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |