At least 11 people were killed and 15 others were injured when a powerful bomb exploded yesterday in Imphal city in northeastern India, police said.
The bomb concealed inside a parked scooter exploded near the barracks of a police commando unit in Imphal, the capital of Manipur state, a police spokesman told AFP.
1“It was a powerful bomb which exploded at around 7:45 pm (Indian time)," the official said by telephone from Imphal.
All of the victims were civilians, he added.
The blast came two days after unknown guerrillas carried out a grenade attack outside the fortified home of Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh also in Imphal city. No one was injured in that explosion.
No one has claimed responsibility for Tuesday's attack, but 19 rebel groups in Manipur are spearheading separate campaigns pressing for changes ranging from homelands for tribal groups to the repeal of a draconian anti-terror law.
Earlier this month, five people were injured in an explosion during a Hindu religious festival in Guwahati, the largest city in Assam state, which adjoins Manipur.
Thousands of people have lost their lives in insurgency-driven violence in six of India's seven northeastern states since the country's independence from the British in 1947.