March 07, 2006

Terrorism Hits Hindu Shrines in India

Hmmmm. Idols blown up? I wonder who could be behind this? Truly a baffling mystery. CBN:

Several explosions rocked a railway station and Hindu temple in the northeast Indian holy city of Varanasi on Tuesday, killing at least four people, police said.

Authorities were trying to determine what caused the blasts, one of which occurred inside a train stopped at the city's railway station, said policeman Mohammed Hashmi. He did not know if there were any casualties.

A witness, Sunil Yadav, said a blast also occurred near the ticket counter in the crowded station waiting room. He described a scene of confusion, with people running and screaming, but he could not say whether anyone was killed.

Another blast shook the Sankat Mochan temple near dusk, when the shrine is ordinarily crowded with devout Hindus making a nightly offering to the monkey-god Hanuman, said Madan Mohan Pande, a police inspector in Varanasi.

He said at least four people were killed and 12 were wounded, but Indian TV stations reported that at least seven people had died.

India television channels reported that none of the idols in the temple were damaged in the blast.

ROPMA.

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