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TRAGEDY ON JANMASHTAMI: Lying pell-mell are people injured in the blast at the ISKCON temple in Imphal, Manipur, on Wednesday during Janmashtami celebrations. - PHOTO: PTI
Imphal: At least five persons were killed and 50, including five American and three French nationals, injured when suspected militants lobbed a grenade in the complex of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) here on Wednesday evening. The shrine was teeming with devotees on Janmashtami day. The toll might mount as the condition of some of those who suffered injuries was critical, sources in the Regional Institute of Medical Science and Hospital said. A 10-year-old boy and a 70-year-old woman were among the dead, the sources said. Hospital sources said the foreign nationals were among those who sustained splinter injuries in the blast at around 7 p.m. Several others, including ISKCON chief priest Damodar Das, were among those hit by splinters. It being the birthday of Lord Krishna, there was a huge gathering of people at the complex. No individual or organisation has claimed responsibility for the explosions, official sources said. However, the sources said investigation would be ordered to find out how militants infiltrated the complex where heavy security had been deployed. ``The temple was packed with Hindu devotees when unknown militants lobbed the grenade,'' said Army spokesman Col. Goswami. ``An unidentified woman and her son were among those killed,'' said a surgeon from a State-run hospital here. Police have cordoned off the area and have launched a search for those responsible. Manipur Chief Minister O. Ibobi Singh, who visited the hospital, strongly condemned the incident. — PTI, Agencies
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