8 killed in Imphal bomb blast

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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 on Friday evening, police sources said. The bomb was hurled at the camp of a non-Manipuri labourers by suspected militants, they said. Earlier, the police had said that the bomb was planted in a shop and exploded.

Imphal (PTI): 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 on Friday evening, police sources said. The bomb was hurled at the camp of a non-Manipuri labourers by suspected militants, they said. Earlier, the police had said that the bomb was planted in a shop and exploded.

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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