VOA标准英语2008年-Undetonated Powerful Bomb Found at Bangalore Sh

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India, which has suffered a series of urban bombings in recent years, is grappling with the aftermath of the first such attacks in Bangalore. The southern city is one of the world's hubs of information technology and has been spared the type of violence that has hit other parts of the country. VOA Correspondent Steve Herman reports from New Delhi that there is further concern with the discovery Saturday of a powerful undetonated bomb at a popular suburban¹ Bangalore shopping mall.

As investigators² in Bangalore searched for clues Saturday to identify those responsible for bomb blasts the previous day, they came across one more explosive device.

Authorities say the bomb at a suburban upscale shopping center, which witnesses told police was placed there Saturday morning, has been defused by experts.

Unlike the eight low intensity³ bombs that detonated in a 15-kilometer radius⁴ Friday, Bangalore police commissioner⁵ Shankar Bidri says this one is different - a "high intensity" device that could have caused a significant number of casualties.

"The object contains a microchip, a detonator and explosive material mixed with some oil," he said.

A 60-year-old woman was killed at a Bangalore bus stop Friday afternoon by one of the blasts. Police say the devices were put together by professionals who used timing⁶ devices so they would explode within a 15-minute period.

Bangalore, India's high-technology hub where 1,500 companies in the sector⁷ are located, has been relatively⁸ free of these types of attacks, which have affected⁹ other Indian metropolitan¹⁰ centers.

Home Minister Shivraj Patil says the national government is now preparing to provide unprecedented¹¹ protection for Bangalore's lucrative¹² information technology infrastructure¹³.

"We have decided¹⁴ to provide security to the private sector, especially the IT sector, over there," he said.

The plan is to use the paramilitary Central Industrial Security Force, which usually guards airports, atomic power plants and factories of critical industries.

There has been no claim of responsibility for the Bangalore blasts, although such announcements by groups in India are unusual.

Authorities have not named any suspects but say they are working on leads. Media reports are focusing on the possible involvement of Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorist group, blamed for previous attacks in India, or the banned Students Islamic Movement of India.