Four of the eight
explosions occurred at the Mahabodhi temple complex, a UNESCO World
Heritage site in Bihar state that houses a tree where Buddha is believed
to have attained enlightenment.
The temple itself was not damaged.
The other four blasts hit other sacred locations around Mahabodhi, said Bihar police official S.K. Bhardwaj.
A 50-year-old Tibetan and a 30-year-old Myanmar national were injured in the attack, Bhardwaj said.
While no one took
responsibility for the attack, suspicion fell on the home-grown Islamist
group Indian Mujahideen, Bhardwaj said.
The group, designated as a
foreign terrorist organization by the U.S. State Department, is blamed
for dozens of deadly bomb explosions throughout India since 2005
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