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Blast at SRK's concert, 2 dead

December 12, 2004 00:39 IST
Last Updated: December 13, 2004 12:43 IST


At least two persons were killed and 18 injured when a bomb exploded at the fag end of a concert in Colombo by Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan. The actor and his troupe were unharmed.

The deceased were the actor's Sri Lankan fans – a 30-year-old woman and a 22-year-old man. A number of children were among those injured.

Preity Zinta, Saif Ali Khan, Priyanka Chopra and Celina Jaitley were among those who were part of the three-hour show, which started almost an hour late because of tight security. As Khan's troupe staged the show, police kept a vigil in the neighbourhood.

 

The bomb ripped through the 10,000-rupee stands just as the superstar ended his three-hour concert in the Sri Lankan capital, police said.

"There were a lot of fireworks and everyone thought the blast was part of the show," a doctor at the hospital quoted one of the injured as saying. "Then we realised that we were bleeding."

The concert was billed as Sri Lanka's biggest musical event of the year.

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Sub: coloumbo blast

the thing i,e;the blast the people in srilanka the buddhist monks or whoever did 2 sharukh khan an troup an 2 srk's fans was jus ...


Posted by jayanth





Sub: God bless you.

Hi Shahrukh, I am rutali (from kothrud,pune)just i known about your concert. its very bad news,but dont't worry.everything will be all right.we all your fans ...


Posted by rutali mohorikar(Pune,Kothrud)





Sub: Blast at SRK's Concert

All I want to say to SRK that please in future respect others feelings. Was that an ego which allowed you to go ahead with ...


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Sub: Blast at SRK Concert

AN APOLOGY FOR THE HEINOUS ACT I am Rukshana, a citizen of sri lanka. I want to apologise to SRK and the rest of the ...


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