Seven killed as bomb explodes in Bihar village

PATNA - At least seven people were killed Sunday morning when a cylinder bomb exploded at Pachokhar village in Bihar’s Aurangabad district, police said.

The bomb was recovered during the final phase of the Bihar assembly polls Saturday but the police had failed to defuse it. On Sunday morning, villagers gathered to see the bomb when it exploded, killing seven people and injuring half a dozen, a few of them seriously, a police official said.