36 Injured, One Dead In Convention Centre Blast In Kerala: Ernakulam District Collector

Thirty-six people were injured and one woman died in the blast at a convention centre of a Christian religious group in Kalamassery in Kochi on Sunday morning, the Ernakulam District Collector said.

The Collector, NSK Umesh, said of the injured, 10 people were admitted to the burns unit of the Kalamassery Medical College and of them two, suffering from over 50% burns, have been shifted to another hospital.

Besides that, eight people were admitted in the general ward of the medical college and the remaining 18 were under observation in various other hospitals, he told reporters in Kochi.

He also said the identity of the woman who died in the incident is not yet known.