Lashkar-e-Kahar claims responsibility for Varanasi blasts

Srinagar, Mar 9: A hitherto unknown militant outfit, Lashkar-e-Kahar, today (Mar 9, 2006) claimed the responsibility of the twin blasts in the temple town of Varanasi in which about 17 people were killed and more than 100 others wounded on Tuesday (Mar 7, 2006).

The Current News Service (CNS), a local news agency here, received a call from a person who identified himself as Abdul Jabbar, the spokesman of the outfit, this morning.

The caller claimed the responsibility for the twin bomb blasts in Uttar Pradesh's temple city of Varanasi on March 7.

The caller threatened more such attacks.

However, almost all the separatist groups here have condemned the blasts.

UNI