08-16-2006, 04:06 PM
<b>Five killed, several injured in Imphal bomb blast</b> <!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Imphal, Aug 16: <b>At least five persons were killed on the spot and several others injured when a powerful bomb exploded in the complex of International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) here this evening when the shrine was packed with Janmasthami devotees. </b>
Several important persons, including <b>chief priest of the ISKCON'S Damodar Das, were among those who suffered injuries by splinters of the bomb which was reportedly hurled at the Tulihal airport area in Imphal West district of Manipur </b>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 seven pm.
No individual or organisation has claimed responsibility for the explosions, official sources said. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Status of Hindus in India.
Several important persons, including <b>chief priest of the ISKCON'S Damodar Das, were among those who suffered injuries by splinters of the bomb which was reportedly hurled at the Tulihal airport area in Imphal West district of Manipur </b>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 seven pm.
No individual or organisation has claimed responsibility for the explosions, official sources said. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Status of Hindus in India.