Blasts rock Ahmedabad

[49 dead and 105 injured so far]

After Bangalore its Ahmedabad, so we can safely use the phrase “yet another day, yet another blast”

Eight low-intensity blasts have taken place in Ahmedabad. The blasts happened in Maninagar, Isanpur, Narol circle, Bapunagar, Hatkeshwar and Sarnagpur Bridge… Initial reports say about 20 people have been taken injured and six have been taken to the civil hospital from Mani Nagar area. [IBN Live]

So where can we expect a bomb blast tomorrow? (Here is a hint: All the recent blasts have occoured in BJP ruled states Jaipur – Rajasthan, Bangalore – Karnataka, Ahmedabad – Gujarat)

Update on Blasts and Casuality (July 26th, 8:31 PM IST):

12 explosions have been reported, 20 people have been taken injured and six have been taken to the civil hospital in Maninagar. No deaths have been reported so far. [IBN Live]

July 26th, 8:36 PM IST: Thirteen blasts have rocked Ahmedabad killing 2 and injuring at least 48 people on Saturday evening. [NDTV]

July 26th, 8:48 PM IST: Seventeen low-intensity blasts rocked Ahmedabad on Saturday evening. [IBN Live]

July 26th, 9:23 PM IST: Sixteen blasts have rocked Ahmedabad killing 18 and injuring over 100 people on Saturday evening. [NDTV]

July 26th, 11:08 PM IST: Terror struck Ahmedabad when 16 serial blasts ripped across the city on Saturday night leaving 20 dead and over 100 injured sending a wave of panic, a day after serial blasts rocked Bangalore in another BJP-ruled state.[NDTV]

July 27th, 8:51 AM IST: All the 17 blasts occurred in a short span of 70 minutes killing 38 and injuring at least 105. [IBN Live]

July 27th, 3:57 PM IST: The death toll in the serial bombings that hit Ahmedabad on Saturday rose to 45 on Sunday [IBN Live]

Updates on reactions to the blasts (July 26th, 8:26 IST):

The Great Indian Tamasha begins, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has condemned the Ahmedabad blasts and appealed for calm.

July 26th, 8:36 PM IST:

‘Vey terrible and the perpetrators are bent upon creating communal divide,”

- Prithvi Raj Chauhan, Minister, PMO

”Please don’t politicise this tragic incident. Whatever is needed we will provide. President had said that time has come that we need a Central Disaster agency. It is needed but states need to come out together for this,”

- Shakil Ahmad, Home MoS.

“I strongly condemn the serial bomb blast in different places in Ahmedabad, coming just a day after a serial bomb explosion in Bangalore. These are pointer to sinister terrorist offensive against the nation. I cover my condolences to the families of those killed and injured in the bomb blasts,”

LK Advani

July 27th, 8:51 AM IST:

“Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has strongly condemned the acts of terrorist violence in the Indian cities of Ahmedabad and Bangalore…He expressed deep sympathies with the families of the bereaved and the victims of this dastardly act of senseless violence against innocent persons”

- Pakistan High Commission