Multiple blasts in Uttar Pradesh several killed
23 Nov 2007, 1822 hrs IST , PTI
 | LUCKNOW: Terror struck in Uttar Pradesh on Friday when militants triggered near-simultaneous blasts in court premises in Varanasi, Faizabad and the state capital killing 14 people, some of them lawyers, and injuring over 50 others.
Six bombs -- three in Varansi, two in Faizabad and one in Lucknow -- some planted on cycles, went off within a span of 15 minutes in the crowded court complexes between 1310 hours and 1325 hours. |
A near stampede broke out in and around the blast spots with many injured bleeding profusely running for their life while several other wounded lay on the floor crying for help.
Police immediately rushed to the spots and cordoned off the area and helped people in rushing the injured to various hospitals.
Apart from Uttar Pradesh, security was put on high alert in several parts of the country including the Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Hyderabad.
S B Shirodkar, Senior Superintendent of Police in the temple town of Varanasi, which was the target of a terror strike last year, said nine people were killed and 45 others injured, some of them seriously, when two bombs planted on cylcles went off in quick succession.
He said the injured have been admitted to four hospitals including Benares Hindu University Hospital. He said the explosives, planted on cycles, went off when the court premises was crowded with lawyers and litigants.
Four of the dead in Varanasi were identified as Bodh Raj Verma (advocate), Yagya Narain Singh, Moolchand Singh and a 11-year-old boy Sanjeev Kumar.