JAMMU (PTI): At least 11 people were killed and 51 injured seriously, when a powerful bomb exploded in a passenger bus coming from the border area of Ramgarh to Jammu, winter capital of the north Indian border state Jammu and Kashmir, on Oct.7.
An official spokesman told PTI that the bomb exploded around 0930 hours when the overloaded bus reached Digiana about 13kms from here.
The handiwork of subversive elements behind the blast could not be ruled out, the spokesman said.
All the injured were immediately rushed to local hospitals in Jammu. Condition of 20 injured was stated to be critical, he said.
Senior officials have rushed to the spot and police, assisted by security forces have cordoned off the entire area, the spokesman said.
The bomb blast is the second one in a Jammu-bound bus in the last one week.
Earlier, six people were killed and 24 injured seriously when a powerful bomb exploded in a Jammu bound bus near Pathankot in Punjab on its way to Jammu.
Article extracted from this publication >> October 16, 1992
