None hurt in blast
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 19 2016 :
A bomb exploded at thickly populated Namthilok, North AOC here at around 7 pm today but there is no report of any casualty.
According to information culled from the spot, the bomb exploded amidst a pile of garbage inside a roofless walled structure which is said to be frequently visited by drug abusers.
It is suspected that the bomb was an IED of low intensity.
Nonetheless, it left a crater two feet in diameter.
Many disposable syringes were found strewn around the blast site.
It is reported that police have pulled up three injecting drug users (IDU) from near the blast site.
As this reporter reached the blast site at around 7.30 pm, bomb experts were yet to arrive although some Imphal West District personnel were seen.