One dead as serial bomb blasts hit Indian IT city

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BANGALORE, India (AFP) — India's high-technology capital Bangalore was hit by a string of seven coordinated bomb blasts Friday with at least one person killed and several wounded, police said.

Police said the southern city had been put on high alert, with bomb disposal teams and forensic experts rushed into action.

"One woman died and four were injured in the first blast," Bangalore police commissioner Shankar Bidri told reporters, adding the total amount of explosive used in the bombs was "equivalent to one or two hand grenades."

"We suspect that timer devices were used in two or three explosive devices, while the others could have been set off using mobile phones," he said.

"We are investigating the blasts. Bomb disposal squads and forensic experts...