Eight killed,seven injured in powerful bomb blast in Manipur

The bomb was hurled at the camp of a non-Manipuri labourers by suspected militant.

Eight persons–all non-Manipuris– were killed and seven others seriously injured when a powerful bomb exploded at Nagamapal area in Imphal West district of Manipur this evening,police sources said.

The bomb was hurled at the camp of a non-Manipuri labourers by suspected militants,the sources said.

Earlier,the police had said that the bomb was planted in a shop and exploded.

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All the eight persons who died on the spot were non-Manipuri persons,sources said adding the injured were also non-Manipuri.

The bomb was so powerful that the blast was heard one kilometre away from the spot.

No individual or group has claimed responsibility for the blast,the sources added.

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