The blast took place exactly in the place where a Muslim youth was charred to death in an earlier riots. At 4:10 pm, the sixth bomb went off at the Timber Mart and three bombs at the city's Variety Hall. The next blast at Poompugar killed two people.
The explosion occurred precisely at the location where a Muslim teenager had been fatally burned in an earlier riot. At 4:10 pm, the sixth bomb detonated at the Timber Mart and three bombs exploded at Variety Hall. The subsequent blast at Poompugar claimed two lives.