BANGALORE: Ahead of the May five Assembly polls, at least 13 people, including eight policemen and five civilians, were injured in a bomb blast outside BJP office in Bangalore, local media reports.
Citing preliminary investigation, City Police Commissioner Raghavendra Auradkar told reporters at the spot, “It is an explosion”.
A motorbike with an “incendiary bomb” was used, he said, adding the bike was planted in the midst of cars, PTI quoted him as saying. “At this stage, I can’t say what kind of explosion it was”, said the police chief.
The injured have been shifted to hospital where two civilians are in a serious condition, three cars and some other vehicles were damaged in the blast, B G Chengappa, Director, Fire Services, said.
Initial reports had said the explosion could have been caused by cylinder fitted to a car.
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