43 hurt in blast

JAMMU, JUNE 25. Forty-three people were injured, some of them seriously, when a bomb placed in a scooter parked outside the railway station here exploded tonight, police said.

The explosion, which occurred at 9.10 p.m., came barely 20 minutes before the departure of the Jhelum Express causing panic among the passengers, they said. The injured were immediately rushed to the Jammu Medical Hospital.

The entire area was cordoned off and search was on for those behind the blast, suspected to be the handiwork of militants, they added.

However, no militant organisation has claimed responsibility as yet. Senior officers, including the IGP, Jammu Zone, Mr. R. V. Raju, rushed to the spot with the bomb disposal squad and sniffer dogs.

- PTI

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