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Manipur: 4 hurt in bomb blasts during I-Day celebrations
Rediff | August 15, 2012 13:23 IST :
Four persons were injured when a series of bombs exploded in Manipur during Independence Day celebrations on Wednesday. Official sources said the first explosion was reported from interior Thoubal district at a fair ground, near the district headquarters, around 8 am while arrangements were being made to celebrate the occasion. Four persons, identified as Y Manao Singh (52), Sanabanta Das (22), Akoijam Ongbi Sanajaobi Devi (55) and Ningombam Manisam Devi (65) were injured and taken to a nearby district hospital.
Sources said a powerful bomb, allegedly planted by the insurgents at the side of busy road at Sagolband and was apparently set off by using a remote-controlled device around 9 am, damaging the wall of a nearby house. They said the bomb might have been planted to attack security personnel who used the road often to go to the Central Reserve Police Force headquarters at Langjing, about 6 km west of Imphal.
Ten minutes later, another powerful bomb exploded at a place on Minuthong bridge on Imphal river in the capital complex, sources said. The third explosion occurred in the Mahabali Temple complex, about 1.5 km from the parade ground of 1st Manipur Rifles, at around 9.45 am, the sources said. The police and security forces stepped up patrolling after the explosions at the capital complex and blocked all exit points to prevent escape of suspected insurgents who exploded the bombs. "
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