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5 dead in 7 serial bomb blasts before Modi's 'Hunkar Rally' in Patna

Patna: Five people were killed and 83 injured in seven serial bomb blasts near the venue of BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's  ‘Hunkar rally' in Patna today minutes before he reached there to address




One bomb went off before the Eliphistine cinema hall on the western side of the rally venue, police said. Tens of thousands of people had gathered at the rally venue.

Immediately after the explosion at the railway station, bomb disposal swept the area and recovered two more crude bombs, Railway Superintendent of Police Upendra Kumar Sinha said.

One security personnel was injured while defusing a bomb recovered from the toilet, he said.