04-14-2006, 11:36 PM
Friday blasts rock Jama Masjid, Srinagar
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The first blast took place at 5.20 pm even as the Asar Ki Namaz (evening prayers) was concluding. The first blast took place near wazukhanna (water pond for ablutions). <b>According to eyewitnesses, the explosive device was kept in a white polythene bag and had a timer attached to it</b>.
The second device, which went off at 5.35 pm too had a timer attached to it. Both the blasts were of relatively low intensity and were kept at a place where not many people were present. The two bombs had been placed at a distance of 12 feet from each other. However, the second blast left many people injured as a huge crowd had assembled near the wazukhana after the first blast.
Eyewitnesses said there was a near stampede after over 3,000 curious onlookers thronged the complex to see what had happened. Thousands of devotees had come to perform the Friday Juma. Usually more than 25,000 people attend juma Namaz but it was over by 1 pm. Some kids were playing and some were feeding pigeons behind the wazukhana.
<b>Eyewitnesses said that the explosion threw lots of iron particles. The bombs had apparently been put into polythene bags but no one seemed to have noticed who brought it there. </b>
After the blasts, the Bomb Disposal Squad of Delhi Police rushed to the spot. All the gates of the Masjid were closed and the premises were combed for over an hour. Meanwhile, heavy police force kept strict vigil around the Jama Masjid.
A large crowd had gathered around the area and people were shouting slogans against Delhi Police and asking for strict action against culprits.
Traders around Jama Masjid had shut their shutters condemning the blasts and demanded arrest of the accused persons responsible for the blasts at a holy place.
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Pioneer.com
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The first blast took place at 5.20 pm even as the Asar Ki Namaz (evening prayers) was concluding. The first blast took place near wazukhanna (water pond for ablutions). <b>According to eyewitnesses, the explosive device was kept in a white polythene bag and had a timer attached to it</b>.
The second device, which went off at 5.35 pm too had a timer attached to it. Both the blasts were of relatively low intensity and were kept at a place where not many people were present. The two bombs had been placed at a distance of 12 feet from each other. However, the second blast left many people injured as a huge crowd had assembled near the wazukhana after the first blast.
Eyewitnesses said there was a near stampede after over 3,000 curious onlookers thronged the complex to see what had happened. Thousands of devotees had come to perform the Friday Juma. Usually more than 25,000 people attend juma Namaz but it was over by 1 pm. Some kids were playing and some were feeding pigeons behind the wazukhana.
<b>Eyewitnesses said that the explosion threw lots of iron particles. The bombs had apparently been put into polythene bags but no one seemed to have noticed who brought it there. </b>
After the blasts, the Bomb Disposal Squad of Delhi Police rushed to the spot. All the gates of the Masjid were closed and the premises were combed for over an hour. Meanwhile, heavy police force kept strict vigil around the Jama Masjid.
A large crowd had gathered around the area and people were shouting slogans against Delhi Police and asking for strict action against culprits.
Traders around Jama Masjid had shut their shutters condemning the blasts and demanded arrest of the accused persons responsible for the blasts at a holy place.
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