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'Bomb was in pressure cooker' 30/10/2005 10:10 - (SA) New Delhi - Indian police on Sunday handed out a sketch of a suspect in blasts that killed at least 61 people in New Delhi as experts said one bomb may have consisted of explosives packed in a pressure cooker. Experts have prepared a sketch of an Asian male who reportedly left a steel pressure cooker near a gas cylinder in the middle-class Sarojini Nagar market, where most of the deaths occurred during Saturday's three blasts. "Pieces of metal from what appear to be a (pressure) cooker suggest that it was the container of a bomb designed to ignite inflammables which were in great abundance at the market," a source from the National Security Guard commando force told AFP. At least 188 people were injured after the explosions rocked the Sarojini Nagar and Paharganj markets, filled with shoppers for the Hindu festival of Diwali, as well as a bus in the city's Okhla industrial district. There was no immediate claim of responsibility but Prime Minister Manmohan Singh blamed "terrorism". Suspicion fell on militant groups opposed to the peace process between India and its Muslim neighbour Pakistan. The security source, citing preliminary forensic reports, said the explosions at the two markets triggered secondary fires aimed at causing maximum casualties. "It was very professional," the source said, adding that traces of explosive were being examined to determine the source. New Delhi's 71 000-strong police was mobilised to search for suspects, other officials said, adding that a total of 22 people had been detained in different part of the capital. Detectives raided guest houses and hotels in Paharganj, which is also popular among Western budget tourists, and the shanty towns of Okhla where tens of thousands of migrant industrial workers live, a police spokesman said. Police appealed to residents for information and placed the city's three railway stations and main bus terminal under scrutiny, the spokesman said. Intelligence agencies on Sunday brought in reinforcements from other regions to speed up the investigation. Singh was to head a cabinet meeting later Sunday. "We are also working in tandem with our counterparts in Jammu and Kashmir for a lead," said the security source. More than 44,000 people have died in an anti-Indian revolt in the disputed Himalayan region since 1989. The Press Trust of India, quoting investigators, said the blasts could have been carried out by Lashker-e-Taiba or a pan-Islamic guerrilla force "in league with Al Qaeda". There was no official confirmation of the report. The three blasts occurred early in the evening as tens of thousands of shoppers thronged the markets, stocking up on food and buying gifts before Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights that begins on Tuesday. Most shops in Sarojini Nagar and Paharganj were also packed with firecrackers, which Hindus use to celerate Diwali. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
