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September 27, 2008

Bomb Explodes in Busy Indian Market
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Explosion rocks crowded flower market in New Delhi, killing at least one
person, wounding several others 
Authorities in the Indian capital, New Delhi, say terrorists are
responsible for a blast near a crowded wholesale flower market Saturday
afternoon. Police say 17 people were injured. Indian media say at
least three people have died. The blast appears to be of relatively
low magnitude compared to the serial attack two weeks ago which left
more than 20 people dead. VOA Correspondent Steve Herman reports from
New Delhi.

Forensic experts and Indian policeman examine the site of a blast in New
Delhi, 27 Sep 2008 Just days after police claimed they had
arrested those responsible for the fatal September 13 bomb blasts in
New Delhi and elsewhere earlier, another explosion hit a market in the
Indian capital. On the scene, New Delhi Police Commissioner
Y.K. Dadwal says eyewitnesses saw two young men on a motorcycle drop a
black plastic bag containing a lunch box outside an electronics shop in
a narrow lane. He
says when a small child picked up the package from the ground,
attempting to return it to the cyclists, smoke immediately came out and
it blew up, causing casualties. The explosion occurred in the
Mehrauli Main Market, in a low income neighborhood, near a major
heritage site: the 800-year-old Qutub Minar, the world's tallest brick
minaret. The bomb, described as crudely made and of low
intensity, renewed alarm in the capital that New Delhi remains
vulnerable despite the recent crackdown against purported members of
the little known "Indian Mujahideen" group. Media report that
the major access roads to Delhi were sealed following the market blast
and police advised people not to go to markets in the city. The
home minister, who had been criticized for his response to the blasts
two weeks ago, called another emergency meeting of top intelligence and
security officials to discuss the latest attack.

Television
commentators say the bombers intended to deliver a message that
terrorists retain their capability to hit the capital despite the
recent police proclamation that those responsible for the earlier
blasts have been neutralized. The September 13 attacks in
the capital followed recent bomb blasts in such notable cities as
Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Jaipur. Officials say more than 400
people have been killed in such explosions in the country during the
past three years. The attacks are usually blamed by police on Muslim
groups, alleged to have funding or support from Pakistan or Bangladesh.