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Bomb blast in bus near Godhra, 10 hurt

The incident took place at 1200 hrs when the bus, scheduled for Malvan, was parked at the stand for the 30-odd passengers to board, police said.

Five of the injured, including the conductor Hirabhai Vanand, were in serious condition and were shifted to the civil hospital, the police said.

The incident has spread panic and tension in Lunavada and its surrounding areas.

Witnesses stated that the explosion could have occurred in the abandoned baggage of a passenger.

Meanwhile, a crude bomb was thrown at a mosque by some unidentified persons in curfew-bound Mirzapur locality of Ahmedabad on Monday afternoon, police said.

The bomb exploded on the road outside the mosque, where a prayer session was on, they said, adding that no one was injured in the blast.

UNI and PTI

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