At least eight people were killed and 33 injured when a bomb blast ripped through the German Bakery in the upscale Koregaon Park area of the city Saturday evening.
The blast took place at the German Bakery, an old business establishment, at around 1830 hours.
Meanwhile, Union Home Secretary Gopal Krishna Pillai said that "It's most probably a terror attack. We are sending a forensic team of CBI and personnel of National Investigative Agency (NIA).�
The Union Home Ministry tonight sent an advisory to all states asking people not to touch unclaimed objects in the wake of the terror attack in Pune that killed 8 people.
The advisory has also asked people to inform their nearest police station if any suspicious objects were found, a Home Ministry spokesman said.
"There was a bomb blast. There have been eight deaths and 33 people were injured", said Pune Joint Commissioner of Police Rajendra Sonwane.
"It is a suspected bomb blast. So far, it is not confirmed. We are verifying this", he said adding "we have not arrived at any conclusion at this stage but prima facie it appears that it is a bomb blast".
A team of Anti-Terrorism Squad and bomb disposal squad visited the spot to ascertain the nature of the blast.
The scene of the blast, that destroyed the bakery, was littered with thick patches of blood and severed limbs.
Pune's Additional Commissioner of Police Prabhat Kumar said "it is a suspected terror attack and we are trying to find out the exact device used in the incident".
Sonewane said the nationality of the dead was being ascertained.
Chavan announces ex-gratia
Maharashtra Chief Minsiter Ashok Chavan announced Rs one lakh each to those killed in this evening's Pune blast.
The government will pay Rs one lakh to the kin of each victim of the blast and Rs 50,000 each to those injured, an official said.
Maha had received terror inputs: Bhujbal
In the wake of a suspected terror attack in Pune, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Chagan Bhujbal tonight said the state had received "a lot of inputs" from intelligence agencies but none of them was specific.
"We are receiving a lot of inputs from intelligence agencies. But it does not say where it will happen, when it will happen or who will do it. We don't have such details," he said.
He was responding to a question whether the state had received prior reports about possibility of terror strike in the state.
Condemning the terror strike, he said the police was doing its best to secure people.
The blast took place at the German Bakery, an old business establishment, at around 1830 hours.
Meanwhile, Union Home Secretary Gopal Krishna Pillai said that "It's most probably a terror attack. We are sending a forensic team of CBI and personnel of National Investigative Agency (NIA).�
The Union Home Ministry tonight sent an advisory to all states asking people not to touch unclaimed objects in the wake of the terror attack in Pune that killed 8 people.
The advisory has also asked people to inform their nearest police station if any suspicious objects were found, a Home Ministry spokesman said.
"There was a bomb blast. There have been eight deaths and 33 people were injured", said Pune Joint Commissioner of Police Rajendra Sonwane.
"It is a suspected bomb blast. So far, it is not confirmed. We are verifying this", he said adding "we have not arrived at any conclusion at this stage but prima facie it appears that it is a bomb blast".
A team of Anti-Terrorism Squad and bomb disposal squad visited the spot to ascertain the nature of the blast.
The scene of the blast, that destroyed the bakery, was littered with thick patches of blood and severed limbs.
Pune's Additional Commissioner of Police Prabhat Kumar said "it is a suspected terror attack and we are trying to find out the exact device used in the incident".
Sonewane said the nationality of the dead was being ascertained.
Chavan announces ex-gratia
Maharashtra Chief Minsiter Ashok Chavan announced Rs one lakh each to those killed in this evening's Pune blast.
The government will pay Rs one lakh to the kin of each victim of the blast and Rs 50,000 each to those injured, an official said.
Maha had received terror inputs: Bhujbal
In the wake of a suspected terror attack in Pune, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Chagan Bhujbal tonight said the state had received "a lot of inputs" from intelligence agencies but none of them was specific.
"We are receiving a lot of inputs from intelligence agencies. But it does not say where it will happen, when it will happen or who will do it. We don't have such details," he said.
He was responding to a question whether the state had received prior reports about possibility of terror strike in the state.
Condemning the terror strike, he said the police was doing its best to secure people.
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