{"id":66585,"date":"2024-03-02T14:16:44","date_gmt":"2024-03-02T14:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/blast-at-cafe-in-indias-bengaluru-injures-8-authorities-say-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2024-03-02T14:16:44","modified_gmt":"2024-03-02T14:16:44","slug":"blast-at-cafe-in-indias-bengaluru-injures-8-authorities-say-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/blast-at-cafe-in-indias-bengaluru-injures-8-authorities-say-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Blast at cafe in India’s Bengaluru injures 8, authorities say | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nBENGALURU:
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At least eight people were injured when a suspected homemade bomb exploded during lunch hour at a cafe in India’s technology hub of Bengaluru on Friday, authorities said.<\/p>\n

The blast at Rameshwaram Cafe in the east of the city occurred just after 1:00 p.m. when crowds from nearby offices were lined up for a quick meal.<\/p>\n

“It seems someone kept a bag and left and it exploded … it was not a big explosion,” Siddaramaiah, the chief minister of Karnataka state of which Bengaluru is the capital, told reporters.<\/p>\n

Investigators suspect it was an improvised explosive device, said Siddaramaiah, who uses only one name, adding that eight people were injured.<\/p>\n

State Home (interior) Minister G. Parameshwara said all the injured were in hospital and none of them were in danger.<\/p>\n

Divya Raghavendra Rao, co-founder and managing director of the cafe chain, said she was told there were two explosions within 10 seconds of each other.<\/p>\n

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“It happened in the area where customers wash their hands … something that was kept in a bag exploded,” Rao told the local TV9 news channel.<\/p>\n

The cafe had given its CCTV footage to help police investigate the cause of the blast, she said.<\/p>\n

Mobile camera videos shot soon after the blast, and aired by local TV channels, showed a cloud of smoke in the restaurant and one employee walking away with his hands covering his ears.<\/p>\n

Some injured men were being helped to walk away by employees, their hands wrapped in bandages. A pillar inside the cafe was damaged from the impact of the explosion.<\/p>\n

“I heard a loud sound and rushed to the spot and could see some smoke,” Shabarish, a witness, told TV9.<\/p>\n

Some people had injuries on their arms and legs, and identification cards were strewn around the cafe in the chaos, he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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