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Gandhi calls on Indians to maintain calm
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| Last Edited | Penguin Sep 10, 2006 08:42pm |
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| News Date | Monday, September 11, 2006 02:40:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | MALEGAON, India - Politicians called for calm on Saturday, a day after coordinated bombings killed dozens of Muslim worshippers and sparked renewed fears of violence across India's fragile religious divides.
Thousands of police and paramilitary soldiers have swept into the streets of the western city of Malegaon since the blasts which killed at least 31 people and injured more than 100 others on Friday as they left afternoon prayer services at a mosque.
"The most important thing at this juncture is to maintain communal harmony," Sonia Gandhi, head of India's ruling Congress party, told reporters after visiting the blast site. "These terrorist acts were aimed at creating a divide in the society."
There were four blasts Friday — three set off inside a cemetery just outside the mosque and one on a nearby street, K.P. Raghuvanshi, head of the national police anti-terror squad, told Press Trust of India. At least two bombs were rigged to bicycles. Authorities had earlier reported only two explosions.
The blasts happened on a Muslim festival day when hundreds of people were crowded in and around the shrine. |
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