Explosives Kill 31 in India
Charles Johnson
Fri Sep 8, 2006 at 10:04 am PDT • Views: 361
At least 31 people have been killed in a Muslim town in western India by a series of explosions.
No claim of responsibility yet; it’s possible this was a revenge attack against Muslims by Hindu extremists, but if so this would be the first time Hindus have used explosives in this manner. It’s more likely that this is sectarian Muslim-on-Muslim violence.
MUMBAI (Reuters) - At least 31 people, mostly worshippers at weekly Islamic prayers, were killed and up to 75 injured in a series of explosions in a Muslim-majority town in western India on Friday, police said.
The blasts came days after Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that intelligence agencies had warned of more terrorist attacks across the country, possibly on economic and religious targets as well as on nuclear installations.
The blasts hit Malegaon town in the western state of Maharashtra as thousands of Muslims gathered at a burial ground for special Friday prayers, police said.
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