Jaipur (PTI): Terrorists set off five powerful bomb blasts at crowded markets in the Pink City in a span of ten minutes tonight, killing at least 15 persons and injuring scores of others.

Three persons perished in a blast at Sanganer Gate, eyewitnesses said.

Scores of wounded people were ferried to hospitals soon after the blasts took place at Tripolia Bazar, where large number of devotees turned at a Hanuman temple, Johari Bazar, Manas Chowk, Badi Choupal and Choti Choupal in the walled part of the state capital.

Rajasthan Director General of Police A S Gill said it was "obviously a terror attack."