Ten Killed in Blasts

A SERIES of co-ordinated explosions ripped through courts in three north Indian cities today killing at least 10 ten people and injuring dozens more.

The victims of the blasts in Lucknow, Varanasi and Faizabad in Uttar Pradesh state were mostly lawyers.

At least seven lawyers were killed in three explosions in Varanasi, one of Hinduism’s holiest cities.

At least two of those bombs were attached to bicycles, police said.

In Faizabad, a pair of bombs killed three lawyers and injured ten to 12 more. One of the bombs was on a motorbike.

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