Five dead as bomb blasts hit Indian opposition rally

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Source: AFP

Patna (India) (AFP) - A series of crude bombs killed five people in an eastern Indian city on Sunday, shortly before opposition party leader Narendra Modi was due to hold a campaign rally, police said.

Seven small bombs exploded near the venue in Patna where tens of thousands were gathering to hear Hindu hardliner Modi, a popular but divisive leader, launch the opposition's campaign for elections in Bihar state.

The first explosion occurred in a public toilet at a railway station in Patna, before more blasts near and just outside the Gandhi Maidan ground where the rally was held.

"Five people were killed and over 60 people injured in the serial blasts," Additional Director General of Police S.K. Bhardwaj told AFP in Patna.

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1. Congress party is already claiming Modi bombed his own rally

Sigh. Not that I'd put it past him.

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2. Congree party must have done it

with the help of Lalu Prasad Yadav's thugs. Rahul Gandhi has blood on his hands.

Their quick finger-pointing is highly suspicious