Written by on Saturday, February 13th, 2010 in Latest News.
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Lee Jung-Su of South Korea won gold in the Olympic men’s 1,500-metre small-track speedskating event Saturday night in Vancouver, with American Apolo Ohno grabbing his sixth career Olympic medal.
Written by on Saturday, February 13th, 2010 in Latest News.
Police and rescue workers inspect the scene of an explosion in a bakery in Pune, India, on Saturday. (Associated Press)
A government minister says the deadly explosion Saturday in a bakery near a meditation centre in western India that killed at least nine people and injured 57 others was caused by a bomb.
Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram told reporters Sunday that one foreigner was among those killed, but his nationality was unknown.
He said the bomb was in an unattended bag in a bakery located near the Osho Ashram frequented by foreigners in the city of Pune. Officials said it appeared that a waiter noticed an unattended package in the bakery and tried to open it when the blast took place.
Earlier reports said local officials were looking into the possibility that the explosion could have been caused by a cooking gas cylinder.
But Chidambaram told the Press Trust of India news agency that the information available “points to a plot to explode a device in a place that is frequented by foreigners as well as Indians.”
Saturday’s incident was the first major terror attack in India since the militant assault on Mumbai in November 2008 when 166 people died in co-ordinated assaults on targets in Mumbai. Two Canadians were among the dead.
Some Indian commentators said the explosion was intended to disrupt talks with Pakistan.
On Friday, India and Pakistan agreed to resume official talks on Feb. 25. The talks were suspended after the Mumbai attacks, which India blamed on Lashkar-e-Taiba militants based in Pakistan.
With files from The Associated Press
Written by on Saturday, February 13th, 2010 in Latest News.
Police and rescue workers inspect the scene of an explosion in a bakery in Pune, India, on Saturday. (Associated Press)
A government minister says the deadly explosion Saturday in a bakery near a meditation centre in western India that killed at least nine people and injured 57 others was caused by a bomb.
Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram told reporters Sunday that one foreigner was among those killed, but his nationality was unknown.
He said the bomb was in an unattended bag in a bakery located near the Osho Ashram frequented by foreigners in the city of Pune. Officials said it appeared that a waiter noticed an unattended package in the bakery and tried to open it when the blast took place.
Earlier reports said local officials were looking into the possibility that the explosion could have been caused by a cooking gas cylinder.
But Chidambaram told the Press Trust of India news agency that the information available “points to a plot to explode a device in a place that is frequented by foreigners as well as Indians.”
Saturday’s incident was the first major terror attack in India since the militant assault on Mumbai in November 2008 when 166 people died in co-ordinated assaults on targets in Mumbai. Two Canadians were among the dead.
Some Indian commentators said the explosion was intended to disrupt talks with Pakistan.
On Friday, India and Pakistan agreed to resume official talks on Feb. 25. The talks were suspended after the Mumbai attacks, which India blamed on Lashkar-e-Taiba militants based in Pakistan.
With files from The Associated Press
