Second Blast Near India's Golden Temple Prompts Alarm
© AFP 2023 NARINDER NANU / Punjab policemen inspect the site of a blast in Heritage Street near the Golden Temple in Amritsar on May 7, 2023. (Photo by Narinder NANU / AFP)
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Panic was triggered after a second bomb exploded on Heritage Street near the Golden Temple of Amritsar city. It is the second blast in three days.
Punjab Police is investigating after a second blast rocked Amritsar city near the Golden Temple on Monday morning.
Amritsar : crude bomb explosion on 2 day in Amritsar.
— kamaljit sandhu (@kamaljitsandhu) May 8, 2023
Minor explosion occurred at 6:30am at heritage street.
It is a low intensity blast . A can with explosion which has blasted on impact . Police on spot . pic.twitter.com/sHyCT3Tmoh
Mehtab Singh, the additional deputy commissioner of police, told media that at 6:30 a.m. people heard the sound of the explosion and saw smoke erupting after a low-intensity crude bomb blast near the Sikh Gurdwara Harminder Sahib, famously known as the Golden Temple.
"We are verifying. The situation is normal here. Anti-sabotage, bomb squad, and FSL teams are here. One person has received a minor injury in the leg," Mehtab Singh was quoted by the media as saying.
CCTV footage of the minor blast took place at #HeritageStreet near #GoldenTemple in #Amritsar. As per cops it appears to be blast at a chimney of a restaurant. pic.twitter.com/kzZALnZzJR
— Parteek Singh Mahal (@parteekmahal) May 7, 2023
The first explosion happened on May, 6. The bomb reportedly was planted in the chimney of the kitchen, located in the parking lot of the Golden Temple.
According to Punjab Police, the explosive substance used in the Saturday night explosion was delivered in a metal case. The police suspect that it used potassium nitrate and sulfur.
The cause of the explosions is yet to be known.
