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While the first seven blasts went place between 1330-1430 hours, the eighth blast blast took place at Hosaguddahalli, near Gopalan Mall, on Mysore road at around 1730 hours and the ninth blast took place near the RV Engineering College on Mysore Road at 1830 hours.
The Bengaluru police has termed it as an act of terror.
The first two blasts occurred at Adugodi at 1330 hours behind the famous Forum Mall, which is a major shopping destination in Bengaluru.
The second bomb was placed near a granite factory under some granite slabs.
The blast at Madiwala occured near the check post at 1350 hours, which were followed by a blast at Nayandahalli in a bus shelter at 1410 hours.
A woman, who died in the blasts, has been identified as Lakshmi. She, along with her husband, was standing at the bus stop when the explosion occurred.
Reports suggest that she was hit on the head by a bolt. He husband Ravi has also been injured in the attack. Five other persons have been injured in the blasts.
Around 1430 hours very low intensity blasts were reported near the Mallya hospital at a park and on Richmond and Langford road. Two more blasts went off hours later -- at Hosaguddahalli at 1730 hours and near R V Engineering College on Mysore Road at 1830 hours.
Bengaluru Police Commissioner Shankar Bidri said the blasts were of low intensity and gelatin sticks were used.
Preliminary investigations show that the bombs were attached to a timer device and were triggered off by a mobile phone. A similar pattern was used in the Hyderbad twin blasts and also at Jaipur and Ajmer.
While the Intelligence Bureau are not ruling out the hand of the Students Islamic Movement of India behind the blasts, the cops maintain that it is too early to blame anyone.
