UPDATE 3: 4 people have been arrested in connection with the blasts .Preliminary reports indicate that the Bangladesh based Harkat-ul-Jihadi Islami. is responsible (link)
UPDATE 2: CNN puts the death toll now at 60. There is still no attribution for these terrorist attacks, but officials have since said that an eighth bomb was defused. (link)
Elsewhere Sandil Srinivasan, who was in Jaipur, 20 feet away from of one of the blasts, has been twittering from the scene. (link via Desicritics)
UPDATE 1: Now police put the death toll at 30 (the Times of India is reporting that as many as 50 may have been killed). Authorities have put New Delhi, India’s capital, and Mumbai, the country’s financial center, on high alert along with airports, train stations. One of the bombs went off near a Hanuman temple which was crowded as it was Tuesday – the traditional day for worship of the monkey-god. (link)
Seven explosions rocked the pink city of Jaipur .The explosions which were around 12 minutes apart began at 7:30 pm IST (link)
India is on high alert after a series of near-simultaneous explosions killed at least 20 people and wounded 100 others in the northwestern city of Jaipur Tuesday night, government and local officials told CNN-IBN.
Most of the explosions were in the old city which is usually crowded with tourists. 20 people are feared dead. The explosions were caused by medium intensity bombs.
Rajasthan Director General of Police A S Gill said it was “obviously a terror attack”…Police sources said that cycles may have been used to trigger the blasts that occurred in the space of 12 minutes at the crowded areas (link)
This is the first time that Jaipur has been the target of terrorists . Our prayers are with the families of the victims and the wounded.
More updates as they are available….
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