Six killed in Indian cinema bomb blast

CHANDIGARH, India (Reuters) - A bomb exploded in a crowded cinema in a northern Indian city on Sunday, killing at least six people and wounding 20, police said.

The multiplex Shingar Cinema in the industrial city of Ludhiana in the state of Punjab was packed with about 600 people at the time.

The area around the cinema is home to a large Muslim population. The blast coincided with the Muslim festival of Eid.

"The movie had just started when there was a big noise followed by smoke -- it was total chaos after that," witness Pardeep Kumar told Reuters.

"It appears to be a bomb blast," Chander Shekhar, a senior police officer in Ludhiana said. Doctors said the injured had blast wounds.

The blast followed a bomb explosion last week after evening prayers at the Muslim Ajmer Sharif shrine in north-western India, in which two people were killed.

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mannn why do these things keep happening in India?? so much terrorrism.... a minor bomb blast in Nepal's locality creates huge disturbance here giving rise to hell lotta upsides and downs.... strikes (schools off )

Sad to hear, these things never help and further create conflict.

I think that some Sikh terrorist organizations are under increasing presure from Pakistan's ISI to revive terrorism in Punjab, but they don't have any widespread support in Punjab. It will remain a pipe dream for them and they will die sooner or later.

Any one take credit?

No one took any responsibility. All of the terrorist organizations are in denial mode. No one likes to be called a terrorist after 9/11 even terrorists are shying away from it.