20 DEAD IN DELHI SERIAL BLASTS

TERROR STRIKES: People carry an injured woman after a bomb explosion in New Delhi.

THE TERROR TRAIL: Places where bomb blasts took place on Saturday evening.

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New Delhi: Five bomb blasts rocked popular shopping destinations in the national capital within a span of 22 minutes on Saturday evening killing at least 20 people and leaving over 100 injured.

The first blast took place at Ghaffar Market in the Karol Bagh area at about 1815 hrs IST in which 16 people were killed and over 20 injured.

Soon after the blast in Ghaffar market, two explosions took place in Connaught Place killing four people.

The two blasts in Connaught place took place at the Central Park near Palika Bazaar and at Barakhamba Road.

There were two blasts in Greater Kailash-I, too, with the first one taking place near Levi's store and the other blast took place near the Prince Pan Corner damaging 10 shops.

The blasts were of low intensity and ball bearings were used to maximise the impact.

Police officials said about one and a half kilograms of Ammonium Nitrate and steel balls were used in each of the bombs which were synchronized with an Integrated Circuit(IC).

Most of those injured have been admitted to Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital.

At RML Hospital, 65 people were brought in injured and eight declared dead upon arrival. Later two more people succumbed to their injuries raising the death toll to 10 at the hospital.

An eyewitness at RML hospital Shammi Chopra said, "I saw the blast at about 100 meters. There was chaos everywhere. There are about seven to eight injured and five dead."

The Indian Mujahadeen claimed responsibility for the blasts in an e-mail sent just before the blasts.

Joint Commissioner of Police Karnail Singh said, “Initial leads indicate that same group that was behind Jaipur and Ahmedabad blasts is behind Delhi blasts as well.”