A bomb that went off at a movie theatre in northern India yesterday killed at least six people and wounded 30 others.
The Shringar cinema in Ludhiana, an industrial town in Punjab state, was packed when the blast occurred around 8.50pm in one of its three theatres. Some 600 people were taking in a recently released Bollywood romance movie.
It was was the second attack this week in northern India. Two people were killed days earlier in the bombing of a Muslim shrine in the neighbouring state of Rajasthan. A third person injured in the attack died later.
Yesterday's attack occurred on one of the holiest days of the Muslim calendar, Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan.
Authorities say Thursday's explosion, which took place in the town of Ajmer, was caused by a small bomb that was detonated during evening Muslim prayers. Police also discovered another bomb at the shrine that had apparently failed to detonate.
AP