LS condemns blasts; pays respects to victims
New
Delhi,
Nov
26:
The
Lok
Sabha
today
observed
silence
for
a
short
while
as
a
mark
of
respect
to
the
memory
of
those
killed
in
serial
bomb
blasts
which
rocked
Uttar
Pradesh
last
week.
Fourteen people were kllled and 59 wounded in the multiple blasts which shook the court premises in Faizabad, Lucknow and Varnasi.
The House also paid respects to those who lost their lives in the blasts in Assam. About two people lost their lives and 18 were injured in the Assam blasts.
After
Speaker
Somnath
Chatterjee
moved
reference
to
the
events
in
Uttar
Pradesh
and
Assam,
the
House
strongly
condemned
these
cowardly
acts
of
terrorism
and
expressed
its
condolence
to
the
bereaved
families.
UNI
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Story first published: Monday, November 26, 2007, 13:19 [IST]