Nine injured in blast at Bengaluru’s Rameshwaram Cafe
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An improvised explosive device (IED) is suspected to be behind the low-intensity blast that occurred at The Rameshwaram Cafe in Brookefield in east Bengaluru, which left nine people injured, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said. According to preliminary information, one person came to café just after noon with a bag that he left behind. The person made a payment to the cashier, obtained a token, ate his breakfast and left behind a bag that reportedly contained the explosive. Police is going through the CCTV recording in the café and questioning the cashier to gather more information. Of the nine injured, six were shifted to Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences (VIMS) in Whitefield for treatment and the other three to Brookefield Hospital. According to Dr Pradeep Kumar, Medical Director of Brookefield Hospital, two men and one woman are being treated there and all three are out of danger. While no serious injuries are sustained by the men, the woman has suffered 40% burns and will have to undergo plastic surgery.
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