A suspected bomb exploded at a hospital in the northern Indian city of Agra on Saturday injuring several people, witnesses said, though no deaths were immediately reported. The blast came less than two weeks after a powerful bomb in a briefcase ripped through a crowd outside New Delhi’s High Court, killing 15 people and wounding dozens of others, many of them waiting for legal hearings.
Police Inspector General PK Tiwari said preliminary investigations suggested the explosion was caused by a crude bomb placed under a seat in the reception area of the hospital, according to the Press Trust of India news agency. “The blast took place in the reception where explosives were kept under a chair,” Tiwari was quoted as saying, adding that it was too early to say if it was a “terror attack.”
“I heard a bang sound and when I turned there were splinters of glass lying around and I saw three people injured,” a witness said, declining to give his name. The Press Trust of India reported that six people had been injured in the blast. A team from the police anti-terror squad had been sent to the hospital, Additional Director General of Police Brij Lal said.
