New Delhi: A day after India’s IT city Bangalore was hit by nine low-intensity blasts, 16 similar explosions rocked Ahmedabad on Saturday evening, killing 57 people and injuring 200.
The first bomb exploded at a bus stand Mani Nagar area around 1835 hrs (IST). A black coloured Hero Honda Splendor motorcycle was found abandoned near the blast site in Mani Nagar, which is also the constituency of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
There was a second blast, also in Mani Nagar, inside the premises of LG Hospital. The bomb was reportedly placed under a red car, which caught fire as the bomb went off.
There was another blast in the premises of Vadilal Sarabhai Hospital.
Two blasts were reported soon after from Sarkhej. While the first was in a city transport bus, the other was reported from Sangam theatre.
Immediately after there were two blasts in Bapu Nagar - one outside the railway station, the other inside a bus.
Some of the blasts took place in communally sensitive areas of the city, apparently aimed at creating panic but not really at causing causalities.
Bomb blasts also occurred in Sarkhej, Isanpur, Bapunagar, Hatkeshwar, Naroda Patiya, Thakkar Nagar, Odhav, Narol, Sarangpur and Jawahar Chowk.
Significantly, two blasts occurred in the premises of Civil and LG hospitals where several victims of the explosions were rushed.
Many of the bombs were planted on cycles and tiffin boxes in crowded market places. But the blast in Sarkhej took place on a CNG bus.
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