Among the 52 injured, 18 are in the ICU, while 10 have been admitted to the wards, with six individuals in critical condition.
KOCHI: In response to the four coordinated blasts reported at Zamra Convention and Exhibition Centre, Union Home Minister Amit Shah dialled Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to take stock of the situation. Following his directive, teams from the National Security Guard (NSG) and the National Investigation Agency (NIA) have been dispatched to assist the state government in anti-terror efforts.
Vijayan has convened an All-Party meeting, scheduled for tomorrow at 10 am in the Chief Minister’s Conference Hall within the Secretariat at Thiruvananthapuram. He added that the situation is being monitored seriously.
BIG BREAKING: #Kerala Police are under the impression that the #Keralablasts were premeditated owing to the fact that the Jehovah’s Witnesses had entered the prayer hall at 9:20 AM, while the first blast occurred at 9:30 AM on Sunday.
Reports @Viveknarayan805 pic.twitter.com/I3xYNf8s9E
— The New Indian (@TheNewIndian_in) October 29, 2023
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These developments come amid the backdrop of the CM’s participation in the ‘Stop this Genocidal Aggression’ protest against Israel’s offensive in Palestine, at the CPI(M)’s AKG Bhawan office in Delhi.
At the protest, he had also criticised the Narendra Modi government for abstaining from voting on a United Nations resolution calling for immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Whereupon, he emphasised India’s stance in support of the Palestinian cause through decades.
BIG BREAKING: Four blasts in Kerala
Four coordinated blasts rock Kerala at a Jehovah’s Witness meeting, in Kalamassery, where Jews live.
This comes barely 12 hours after Former #Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal surfaced in Kerala over a virtual address ata pro-Palestine rally in… pic.twitter.com/2xdfhLfXMQ
— The New Indian (@TheNewIndian_in) October 29, 2023
Probing authorities have drawn a few conclusions regarding the blasts, elucidating that since the first blast occurred at 9:30 AM, while the Jehovah’s Witnesses members had entered the prayer hall at 9:20 AM, they have come to believe that the incident had been premediatated and “meticulously planned”.
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Among the 52 injured, 18 are in the ICU, while 10 have been admitted to the wards, with six individuals in critical condition.
BIG BREAKING: #Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan has called for an All Party Meeting in Thiruvananthapuram at the secretariat following the #Keralablasts.
Reports @Viveknarayan805 pic.twitter.com/SOHjJckEoX
— The New Indian (@TheNewIndian_in) October 29, 2023
The identity of the deceased is yet to be known. Eye witnesses at the convention centre informed reporters that the blast occurred in the midst of a prayer session. Earlier, Kerala police DGP, Dr. Sheikh Darvesh Saheb, had confirmed the use of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), there were reports that the IED kept inside a tiffin box led to the blasts.
BIG BREAK : The Kochi serial blast case on the first day has been transferred to the NIA.
This after under-pressure Kerala government scrambles to justify how it allowed a pro Hamas address by Khalid Meshal to take place in its capital and rupture peace in India.
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— Rohan Dua (@rohanduaT02) October 29, 2023
BIG BREAKING: Four blasts in Kerala
Four coordinated blasts rock Kerala where Jews live in Kalamassery
This comes day after Former #Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal surfaced in Kerala to make virtual address ata pro-Palestine rally in Malappuram
Do you all still doubt The Kerala… pic.twitter.com/fk7sy5Kv33
— Rohan Dua (@rohanduaT02) October 29, 2023
BIG BREAKING: Four blasts in Kerala
Four coordinated blasts rock Kerala at a Jehovah’s Witness meeting, in Kalamassery, where Jews live.
This comes barely 12 hours after Former #Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal surfaced in Kerala over a virtual address ata pro-Palestine rally in… pic.twitter.com/2xdfhLfXMQ
— The New Indian (@TheNewIndian_in) October 29, 2023
BIG BREAKING: One person has already surrendered at the Kodakara police station in Thrissur, in connection with the #Keralablasts at the #JehovahsWitnesses convention centre in #Kochi.
Reports @Viveknarayan805 pic.twitter.com/0ATFhcS4mN
— The New Indian (@TheNewIndian_in) October 29, 2023