Unexploded bombs found in India

Updated 11.35 Tue Jul 29 2008

Keywords: India, Surat, bombs

Police have found ten unexploded bombs in the western Indian city of Surat, three days after a series of bombs in the same state killed 45 people.

"We have defused seven bombs and (are) working on three more," a senior police official HP Singh said.

"We have defused seven bombs and (are) working on three more" - senior police official HP Singh

He said the bombs were all found in one of Surat city's most crowded neighbourhoods, but gave no details about the nature of the explosives or who could have placed them.

A series of 16 bombs ripped through the nearby city of Ahmedabad in the state of Gujarat on Saturday, a day after bombs killed one woman in the IT hub of Bangalore.

A group called the "Indian Mujahideen" said it carried out the Ahmedabad attack, writing in an e-mail sent five minutes before the first blast that it was in revenge for a 2002 massacre in Gujarat of around 2,500 people, mainly Muslims, by Hindu mobs.

On Sunday, two unexploded car bombs were also found by police in Surat.