Death toll in serial blasts in western Indian city of Ahmadabad rises to 45
The Associated Press, Ahmadabad, India | Sun, 07/27/2008 3:21 PM
Police officers collect evidences at a blast site near a civil hospital in Ahmadabad, India, Sunday. Official said 45 people have been killed in the multiple blasts that hit the western city of Ahmadabad. (AP/Ajit Solanki)
An official says the death toll from serial blasts that hit the western Indian state of Ahmadabad has risen to 45.
State government spokesman Jaynarayan Vyas did not say how many people were wounded.
The city's police control room earlier Sunday said 110 people had been injured in the 16 blasts that went off in several neighborhoods of the busy city on Saturday evening.
The blasts came a day after seven small-intensity explosions hit the southern technology hub of Bangalore, killing two people.
Several Indian cities have been hit by serial blasts in recent months. The attacks have been blamed on Islamic militants. (**)
