Posted on 05/23/2005 12:46:41 AM PDT by bd476
The blast occurred when a man opened an abandoned handbag near a railway crossing in eastern Delhi, police said.
One person was killed and at least 49 injured in blasts at two cinemas were showing a film criticised by Sikh leaders for denigrating their faith.
Officials say they do not know who was behind the apparently linked blasts.
Authorities began to shut all cinema halls across the city following the blasts and security forces in the capital were put on high alert.
Panic
The latest blast occurred in the residential district of Nand Nagri at about 0545 local time (0015 GMT), police said.
The man was taken to a local hospital with face and arm injuries.
Police sealed off the area and launched an investigation.
India's Home Minister Shivraj Patil, meanwhile, said all the people wounded in the cinema blasts were being treated in hospital.
"The injuries to the people are not life threatening, and they are out of danger," the minister said.
The two explosions occurred within minutes of each other, causing panic among the cinema goers.
Film protests
The film, Jo Bole So Nihal, was withdrawn from theatres across the largely Sikh state of Punjab last week, following protests.
The highest decision-making body of the Sikh religion said the title misused a battle-cry.
The film was showing for the first time in Delhi this weekend.
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not the us. by nord amerika he means Canada
Let's not jump to conclusions here..We don't yet know who did this. So its premature to blame this incident on the sikh community. The possiblity that this incident was created to flare up communal tensions between the sikh and hindu community by forces opposed to india connot be entirely ruled out !!!! After all pakistani ISI cannot lie low for too long!!!
That statement couldn't possibly be farther off the mark -- can't believe I'm reading that level of ignorance here on FR.
He's trying to help you gain more information. No need to be so damn condensending! You obviously know very little about Khalistan and the terror it spawned in 1980s. Yiesh!
If thats your view, you're crazy.
Was it necessary for you to use profanity? If you are interested in working for him, feel free to follow his suggestions.
If you in your wildest dreams think that "damn condensending" is profanity, and that too from a mariner...my you have some education coming to you.
Sikhs don't regard themselves as Muslims and they certainly have nothing in common. There is a lot of commonality between Sikhs and Hindus, however.
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