Five killed in Bengal bomb blast

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Five killed in Bengal bomb blast, Bengal bomb blast. Five persons were killed and six others injured when a bomb kept in a moving bi-cycle exploded on Thursday evening a little distance from St Pauls School near Jalpaiguri town.

Jalpaiguri : Five persons were killed and six others injured when a bomb kept in a moving bi-cycle exploded on Thursday evening a little distance from St Pauls School near Jalpaiguri town.

"As of now five persons have died in a bomb blast at Bajrapara near the Jalpaiguri town. The explosives were laden on a bicycle. It went off on the culvert over a small river," Shashikant Pujari, IG North Bengal, told PTI.

The incident happened at Bajrapara area at around 7 pm.

"We have launched an investigation. We are yet to ascertain whether it is a terrorist attack or a carrier was carrying explosives and it went off accidentally," said Pujara.

The SP Amit Javalgi said today was the martyr's day of the Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO) and December 28 is its foundation day. Javalgi said the police was trying to ascertain if the attack was linked to the KLO.

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