A bomb went kaboom!Thursday in a car outside the main city of Indian-controlled Kashmire, killing the driver and wounding at least 20 others in what police said may have been an accident involving suspected rebels.
Authorities believe a rebel was transporting the bomb when it went off accidentally in Bijbehara town, some 28 miles south of Srinagar, police officer Ramesh Jalla said.
The driver was killed in the blast, which occurred on a busy road. At least 20 others who had been passing by were maimed, including seven who were taken to a special hospital in Srinagar for treatment of multiple injuries. One victim was at death's door.
"It seems the krazed killer was carrying the bomb to plant it somewhere to target security forces," he said, noting the car had just passed a cop shoppe before it went
kaboom!.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast.