Delhi Blast Update - 65 Dead, More than 150 Injured
By Natasha | Sun, 10/30/2005 - 17:28
A series of explosions on Saturday evening has left Delhites shocked and the capital’s festive atmosphere preceding Diwali and Id has been shattered.
The blasts have been planned carefully to coincide with the busiest weekend of the year and has caused huge damage in terms of loss of life and the dampened spirits of the people who were getting ready for the festival of lights, Diwali and Id-al-Fitr which falls on Thursday.
The death toll has touched 65 and more than 150 are injured. Injured are admitted to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, Lady Hardinge Hospital, Kalawati Saran Hospital and other hospitals. Delhi Government has announced free treatment to all the injured.
Delhi police has detained more than 20 people in connection with the blasts. Raids are being carried out to nab more people around the capital as well as other metros of the country.
No terrorist group claimed responsibility in the immediate aftermath, although speculation centred on Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Kashmiri separatist organisation linked to Al-Qaeda.
"These are dastardly acts of terrorism," Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Saturday as he urged calm.
[inline:1]"It is something that has been planned, that is quite obvious," Sheila Dixit, the chief minister for Delhi State, said, according to Reuters. "It is far too early to say who is behind it."
The life has been set to normalacy in all the three areas affected. Markets are open again, with more vigilance in place. No road side vendors are allowed to set up their shops to make the areas less crowded.
Government has denied that it had any prior information about the blasts as is being speculated by the media.
Pakistan condemned the multiple attacks in New Delhi.
"The attack in a crowded market place is a criminal act of terrorism. The people and government of Pakistan are shocked at this barbaric act and express deep sympathy with the families of the victims," a Foreign Ministry statement said.
The blasts have been planned carefully to coincide with the busiest weekend of the year and has caused huge damage in terms of loss of life and the dampened spirits of the people who were getting ready for the festival of lights, Diwali and Id-al-Fitr which falls on Thursday.
The death toll has touched 65 and more than 150 are injured. Injured are admitted to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, Lady Hardinge Hospital, Kalawati Saran Hospital and other hospitals. Delhi Government has announced free treatment to all the injured.
Delhi police has detained more than 20 people in connection with the blasts. Raids are being carried out to nab more people around the capital as well as other metros of the country.
No terrorist group claimed responsibility in the immediate aftermath, although speculation centred on Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Kashmiri separatist organisation linked to Al-Qaeda.
"These are dastardly acts of terrorism," Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Saturday as he urged calm.
[inline:1]"It is something that has been planned, that is quite obvious," Sheila Dixit, the chief minister for Delhi State, said, according to Reuters. "It is far too early to say who is behind it."
The life has been set to normalacy in all the three areas affected. Markets are open again, with more vigilance in place. No road side vendors are allowed to set up their shops to make the areas less crowded.
Government has denied that it had any prior information about the blasts as is being speculated by the media.
Pakistan condemned the multiple attacks in New Delhi.
"The attack in a crowded market place is a criminal act of terrorism. The people and government of Pakistan are shocked at this barbaric act and express deep sympathy with the families of the victims," a Foreign Ministry statement said.
- 233 reads
