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Terror Strikes India; Bombing Kills 8, More than 32 Injured New Delhi, India (AHN) - India is on a high security alert after a bomb blast rocked the western Indian city of Pune on Saturday evening. The bomb went off at around 7 pm local time (, killing 8 people, including a foreigner. More than 45 people were injured in the blast. The bomb went off near a cafe near Osho Ashram, a popular meditation center frequented by foreigners. Although initial reports suggested that a cylinder had burst in the cafe causing the blast, later the home secretary, G.K. Pillai confirmed that the blast was triggered by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED). "It's most probably a terror attack. We are sending a forensic team of CBI and personnel of National Investigative Agency (NIA)", Pillai said in New Delhi. Meanwhile, the government sent out an advisory to all state capitals asking people not to touch unclaimed objects. The advisory has also asked people to inform their nearest police station if any suspicious objects were found, a home ministry spokesman said in New Delhi. Pillai also told reporters in New Delhi that suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorist David Coleman Headley had surveyed the Osho ashram area, lying just 200 yards from the scene of the blast. |