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9.50 pm: Bangalore Police Commissioner M N Reddi said the blast on Church Street said the blast was a low-intensity one. (PTI)Bangalore bomb blast Church Street IED explosion killed 1 woman injures 3 NSE Gainer-Large Cap . He said he saw her slump to the ground.Reddi, who did not rule out terror angle, said police had obtained “certain information” from their preliminary investigation which could not be disclosed.Asked if any timer had been attached to the IED, Reddi said the bomb detection squad and forensic experts were examining “available traces.”He said the entire city police force had been mobilised and additional force from Karnataka State reserve police had also been pressed into service as part of beefed up security.Reddi said the explosion occurred at about 8:30 PM, “which having checked we have found that there was improvised explosive device that was used by some culprits….”.Singh said the Chief Minister apprised him of the situation.Union Minister of State for Home, Kiren Rijiju said in Delhi that the situation in Bengaluru is under control, but it was too early to say who was responsible for the explosion.Asked if there was any threat perception to the city, Reddi said, “there has been threat perception in general, in view of the fact that there are festivities, in view of the fact that there has been New Year’s eve coming…”He said there has been “some amount” of threat perception but that has been generic and there has been an alert in general.Today’s incident has occurred coincidentally on December 28, the day when a Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi Professor was killed and some others injured when unidentified gunmen opened fire at them at the country’s premier Indian Institute of Science (IIISc) campus here in 2005.This is the fourth time the country’s technology hub was hit by bomb blasts after incidents in 2008, 2010 and 2013.In 2008, in serial blasts at nine places, two persons were killed and 20 others injured in an IED explosion.Two bombs exploded outside the cricket stadium hours before an IPL match, leaving 15 persons injured in 2010. Stock Market. This is the information we have," he said.Reddi said the entire city police force had been mobilised and added that additional force from Karnataka State reserve police had also been sought. Two persons are injured, no fatality," Reddi said.Reddi said no one has claimed responsibility for the blast.Asked if there was any threat perception to the city, Reddi said, "there has been threat perception in general, in view of the fact that there are festivities, in view of the fact that New Year's eve coming..."He said there has been "some amount" of threat perception but that has been generic and there has been an alert in general.In serial blasts caused by IED at nine places in 2008, two persons were killed and 20 others injured.Two bombs exploded outside the cricket stadium hours before an IPL match, leaving 15 persons injured in 2010.

A third bomb was defused.In 2013, a bomb blast outside the state BJP headquarters in the crowded Malleshwaram area just ahead of the Assembly polls had left 16 persons injured.Copyright © 2020 Living Media India Limited. Benchmarks . "This is one incident that has happened. Church Street bomb blast News and Updates from The Economictimes.com. One person died while another was injured in an explosion triggered by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on Sunday in front of a popular restaurant on a busy road in Bangalore.