Girl killed, 37 injured in Varanasi blast
Terror struck this holy town when a low-intensity blast ripped through a crowded bathing ghat on the banks of the Ganges river during evening prayers killing a child and injuring 37 people, including six foreigners.
A 11-month-old girl identified as Swastika Sharma, who was with her mother for the prayers, died at Marwari hospital after the blast, according to IG (Varanasi) R P Singh.
Text: PTI
Image: The site of the explosion that rocked the holy town of Varanasi at Dashashwamedh ghat on the bank of the river Ganga on Tuesday, Dec 7, 2010. (Photographs copyright PTI)
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