One killed and 18 wounded after New Delhi bombing
One child killed and 18 people wounded after bomb in New Delhi
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Saturday, 27, Sep 2008 06:11
One child has been killed and 18 people wounded after a bomb attack in the Indian capital of New Delhi.
A market in the Mehrauli area was busy with shoppers when the blast occurred after two men on a motorcycle dropped a box.
A boy was killed instantly when he picked up a plastic bag containing the package and 18 people have been injured, three of them critically.
"Two young men in black denims, black T-shirts and wearing helmets drove a motorcycle to the market and the pillion rider dropped a polythene bag containing the bomb," deputy police commissioner HS Dhaliwal was quoted by the Associated Press news agency as saying.
"A 10-year-old boy tried to help and return the bag to the riders but they sped away at high speed and the bag exploded, killing the child instantly," he added.
The explosion comes exactly two weeks after at least 21 people were killed when a series of bombs detonated in shopping areas across the capital.
An Islamic militant group called the Indian Mujahideen claimed responsibility for the attacks.
Police have cordoned off the site of today's blast and begun searching for those responsible, though no group has yet claimed responsibility.