Author: PTI
Publication: The Hindu
Date: August 16, 2006
URL: http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200608162101.htm
At least five persons were killed and 28 others,
including a foreigner, injured when a powerful bomb exploded in the complex
of International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) here this evening
when the shrine was teeming with Janmasthami devotees.
The toll might go up because some of those
who suffered injuries were in critical condition, sources in the Regional
Institute of Medical Science and Hospital said.
The identity of the foreigner was not immediately
available.
The five victims included a 10-year-old boy
and a 70-year-old woman, the sources said.
Several important persons, including chief
priest of the ISKCON'S Damodar Das, were among those who were hit by splinters
of the bomb which was reportedly hurled at the Tulihal airport area in Imphal
West district of Manipur this by some unidentified persons.
Reports said that today being the birthday
of Lord Krishna, there was a huge gathering of people at the ISKCON complex,
about five km south of here, and the bomb exploded among the crowd at around
7 pm.
No individual or organisation has claimed
responsibility for the explosions, official sources said.
