Major IT hub, Bangalore, has been rocked by a series of blasts – 7 total within the span of 60 minutes killing 2 and wounding 20, per latest counts. [TOI]

Update: Bangalore as we all know is the IT and outsourcing hub of India. The blasts mainly hit the suburbs as opposed to the business districts and were said to be of lower intensity. Various public establishments and schools were evacuated and cordoned off.

Timing and location of blasts [TOI]

First blast: 1.20 pm, Madiwala bus depot
Second blast: 1.25 pm, Mysore road
Third blast: 1.40 pm, Adugudi
Fourth blast: 2.10 pm, Koramangla
Fifth blast: 2.25 pm, Vittal Mallaya road
Sixth blast: 2.35 pm, Langford Town
Seventh blast: Richmond Town

History of recent terrorist bomb attacks in India [BBC]

May 2008: Eight bombs in Jaipur kill 63
August 2007: Two bombs Hyderabad kill more than 40
May 2007: Bomb in Hyderabad mosque kills 14
February 2007: Twin blasts on train travelling from Delhi to Pakistan kills at least 66 people near Panipat
July 2006: More than 160 killed by seven bombs on train network in Mumbai
March 2006: Bombs at Hindu temple and railway station in Varanasi kill 15
October 2005: Three blasts in Delhi kill 62

As is always the case, there is very little mention of the blasts in the US mainstream media. When it come to news from India, 8 limbed humans and men marrying canines, seem to warrant more front page attention.

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