8 dead in Pune blast, cops suspect terror angle

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One victims is a foreigner; the identity of the rest had not been ascertained till late Saturday.

“It’s a terror attack. A CBI team is being sent to Pune,” Home Secretary G.K. Pillai said.

The blast occurred at 7 pm. People in the vicinity heard an explosion and initially suspected it to be a cylinder blast.



The German Bakery, a favourite haunt for foreigners, is located just across the road from Osho Ashram. A Jewish Chabad house and a synagogue are 500 metres away from the bakery.

“A bomb disposal squad confirmed it to be a bomb blast. Details of the explosives used are being ascertained,” said a spokesperson of the Army’s Southern Command headquartered at Pune.

Chief Minister Ashok Chavan said: “All the cylinders in the bakery are intact. Therefore, the blast could be due to something else.”



Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Rajendra Sonawane said, “Prima facie, it appears to be a bomb blast”.