KENDRAPADA: At least three persons were killed and two others injured in a bomb blast in Posco project area in Jagatsinghpur district on Saturday evening, police said.
"A bomb went off at Patna village under Dhinkia panchayat. We have information about three deaths so far," Jagatsinghpur SP Satyabrata Bhoi told TOI over phone. Police were yet to identity the deceased till the filing of this report.
Police sources said a group of around eight to 10 persons were making the crude bombs behind the residence of one Sura Das when one of them went off accidentally at around 7.30 pm. While two persons died on the spot, another succumbed to injuries at Kujang hospital. The two injured persons were said to have sustained serious burn injuries.
Bhoi said police are investigating into the incident. Sources said those involved in making the bombs were amateurs. Police and forensic teams went to the spot for a first-hand assessment of the situation while the village was tense.
Dhinkia panchayat has been in the forefront of the movement against the government's land acquisition process for the proposed 12-million-tonne integrated steel plant project by Posco with anti-Posco protesters putting up a stiff resistance for quite some time.
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