Man claims responsibility for serial Ernakulam blasts, surrenders
1 year, 1 month ago

Man claims responsibility for serial Ernakulam blasts, surrenders

Op India  

Amidst the ongoing investigation into the serial blasts on 29th October at a Jehovah’s Witnesses prayer meeting at a convention centre at Kalamassery in Kochi, a man named Dominic Martin has surrendered before Kerala police. “One person has surrendered in Kodakara Police Station, in Thrissur Rural, claiming that he did it,” Kalamassery, Kerala ADGP MR Ajith Kumar said adding, “His name is Dominic Martin, and he claims to be a member of the same group/sabha. We are looking into all aspects of this case…The explosion occurred in the centre of the hall.” #WATCH | On the blast at Zamra International Convention & Exhibition Centre, Kalamassery, Kerala ADGP MR Ajith Kumar, says "One person has surrendered in Kodakra Police Station, in Thrissur Rural, claiming that he has done it. Meanwhile, officials probing the Kerala blasts stated that they are thoroughly examining the CCTV footage of last three days at the convention centre to find out when and by whom the bombs were planted.

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Jehovah's Witnesses: Investigation into Kerala Blast Deepens, but Group Remains Committed to Their Faith
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Jehovah's Witnesses: Investigation into Kerala Blast Deepens, but Group Remains Committed to Their Faith

New Indian Express  

Terror charges against a member of Jehovah's Witnesses have been dropped. The accused, Martin, is currently living in prison and is facing trial for the blast that killed eight people. The prosecution has ruled out the involvement of a second accused and has focused on the motive and background of Martin. Jehovah's Witnesses has expressed their commitment to supporting the …

Kalamassery Bomb Blasts | Kerala High Court Directs Hand-Over Of Zamra Convention Centre To Its Managing Director
1 year ago

Kalamassery Bomb Blasts | Kerala High Court Directs Hand-Over Of Zamra Convention Centre To Its Managing Director

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Thursday directed the handover of Zamra Convention Centre, where bomb blasts had occurred, to its Managing Director. The Single Judge Bench of Justice Devan Ramachandran observed that the Convention Centre could not be put to prejudice 'ad infinitum', particularly considering that it had been over 60 days since the incident occurred. Government Pleader Sunil Kumar …

Kerala blasts: Death count rises to five as 45-year-old woman succumbs to injuries
1 year, 1 month ago

Kerala blasts: Death count rises to five as 45-year-old woman succumbs to injuries

India TV News  

Kerala blasts : The death toll in the Kalamassery blast in Kerala's Kochi at a prayer meeting of Jehovah's Witnesses has reached five after a 45-year-old woman succumbed to her injuries on Saturday evening, officials said. Multiple explosions took place at a prayer meeting of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Kalamassery area of Kochi on October 29. Kochi Police had arrested …

Court grants police 10-day custody of accused in Kochi blast case
1 year, 1 month ago

Court grants police 10-day custody of accused in Kochi blast case

Deccan Chronicle  

Kochi: A court in Kerala on Monday granted the police ten days custody of the lone accused in the Kochi bomb blast case. Principal Session Court Judge Honey M Varghese allowed the police's plea for a 10-day custody of Dominic Martin. In addition to Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3 of the Explosive Substances Act, relevant …

Kerala bomb blasts accused Martin sent to 30-day judicial custody
1 year, 1 month ago

Kerala bomb blasts accused Martin sent to 30-day judicial custody

Hindustan Times  

Dominic Martin, the sole accused in the IED blasts that rocked a gathering of Christian sect Jehovah’s Witnesses in Kochi on October 29, was remanded to judicial custody for 30 days by a court in Ernakulam on Tuesday, police officers familiar with the matter said. Martin, a 57-year-old former English tutor and Gulf returnee, was produced in court after a …

Kerala Blasts: Man Who Took Responsibility Arrested After Detailed Questioning, UAPA Invoked
1 year, 1 month ago

Kerala Blasts: Man Who Took Responsibility Arrested After Detailed Questioning, UAPA Invoked

News 18  

Dominic Martin, who took responsibility for serial explosions at the Jehovah’s Witness Convention in the Kalamassery area of Kerala’s Ernakulam district, was arrested on Monday. Martin surrendered at Kodakra Police Station in Thrissur Rural hours after the blasts during a prayer meeting of the Jehovah’s Witnesses — a Christian religious group that originated in the US in the 19th century …

Kerala Blast LIVE Updates: Suspect Martin Domini offered Spoken English classes near his rented house in Kochi
1 year, 1 month ago

Kerala Blast LIVE Updates: Suspect Martin Domini offered Spoken English classes near his rented house in Kochi

The Hindu  

At least two successive explosions ripped through a crowded Jehovah’s Witnesses prayer convention at Kalamassery in Ernakulam on October 29 morning, killing three people and injuring 41 other worshippers. A few hours after the incident, a man claiming to be a member of Jehovah’s Witnesses, surrendered before police in Thrissur district of Kerala, saying that he carried out the multiple …

2 dead in IED attack on congregation in Kerala
1 year, 1 month ago

2 dead in IED attack on congregation in Kerala

Hindustan Times  

Two people were killed and over 50 injured after a bomb blast during a meeting of Jehovah’s Witnesses, a Christian sect, at a private convention centre in Kalamassery town in Kerala on Sunday morning, sending shockwaves through the state and putting authorities across the country on alert. Hours after the attack, a man, Dominic Martin, who said he was a …

Kerala Blast: Man Surrenders Taking Responsibility Of Ernakulam Explosions; Death Toll Rises to 2
1 year, 1 month ago

Kerala Blast: Man Surrenders Taking Responsibility Of Ernakulam Explosions; Death Toll Rises to 2

News 18  

Kerala Blast LIVE: Security Beefed Up at Kerala-Tamil Nadu Border Post Kochi Blasts Following the blasts in Kochi, security forces were strengthened at the Kerala-Tamil Nadu Border. VIDEO | Security heightened at Kerala-Tamil Nadu border after Kochi blasts.#KeralaBlast #kochiblast pic.twitter.com/jh3X4PaCFq — Press Trust of India October 29, 2023 Kerala Blast LIVE: Kerala CM Vijayan Slams Union Minister for His Social …

‘Their teachings are seditious’, says man who took responsibility for Kerala blast. What we know about him
1 year, 1 month ago

‘Their teachings are seditious’, says man who took responsibility for Kerala blast. What we know about him

Hindustan Times  

An IED blast rocked a convention center of Jehovah's Witnesses Christian religious group in Kerala's Kalamassery on Sunday, killing a woman and injuring more than 45 people. The Kerala Police said the man identifying himself as Dominic Martin also provided some ‘evidence’ which is currently under investigation. According to Martin, Jehovah's Witnesses and its ideology were ‘dangerous’ for the nation …

Kalamassery bomb blast probe takes a startling turn with a former evangelist claiming responsibility
1 year, 1 month ago

Kalamassery bomb blast probe takes a startling turn with a former evangelist claiming responsibility

The Hindu  

The police investigation into the Kalamassery bomb blast took a startling turn on Sunday afternoon, with a former member of the evangelist group Jehovah’s Witnesses claiming responsibility for the attack that claimed one life and left scores of worshippers injured at the crowded prayer convention. Their apathy prompted him to take the extreme step to spotlight the group’s “anti-national” indoctrination …

Kerala Blasts: NSG Begins Probe As Cops Confirm IED Use; CM Calls All-party Meet
1 year, 1 month ago

Kerala Blasts: NSG Begins Probe As Cops Confirm IED Use; CM Calls All-party Meet

News 18  

At least three persons were killed and over 40 injured after multiple blasts during a Christian prayer meeting in Kerala’s Ernakulam district on Sunday. The blasts took place at an international convention centre in Kalamassery, where hundreds of followers of the minority Christian group Jehovah’s Witnesses had assembled on the concluding day of a three-day-long prayer meeting. Kerala Blasts: What …

Kerala Blast: CM Vijayan says ’very unfortunate’, summons top officials
1 year, 1 month ago

Kerala Blast: CM Vijayan says ’very unfortunate’, summons top officials

Live Mint  

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has termed the multiple explosions that took place in Kochi's Kalamassery area as “unfortunate”, adding that all top are officials are in Ernakulam to collect details regarding the incident. One person died and over 20 were injured after a multiple explosions took place at a prayer meeting of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Kalamassery area of …

Bomb blasts kill three, injure 41 worshippers at Jehovah’s Witnesses convention in Kerala’s Kalamassery
1 year, 1 month ago

Bomb blasts kill three, injure 41 worshippers at Jehovah’s Witnesses convention in Kerala’s Kalamassery

The Hindu  

At least two successive explosions ripped through a crowded Jehovah’s Witnesses prayer convention at Kalamassery in Ernakulam on October 29 morning, killing three people and injuring 41 other worshippers. At a hastily convened press conference on his arrival in Kerala, Mr. Vijayan slammed a Union Minister for allegedly vitiating the communal atmosphere by posting an incendiary message on a social …

Kerala blasts: Heard multiple explosions, smoke everywhere, say eyewitnesses
1 year, 1 month ago

Kerala blasts: Heard multiple explosions, smoke everywhere, say eyewitnesses

India Today  

A woman was killed and around 40 others were injured after three blasts rocked a convention centre where a Christian group was holding a prayer meeting in Kalamassery in Kerala's Ernakulam district on Sunday. Eyewitnesses who were present at the prayer meeting in the convention centre at the time of the incident said they heard multiple explosions, following which a …

Man surrenders before Kerala police, takes responsibility of serial blasts
1 year, 1 month ago

Man surrenders before Kerala police, takes responsibility of serial blasts

India Today  

A man in Kerala's Thrissur district has claimed responsibility for the serial blasts at a prayer meet in Kalamassery that killed one and injured 40 others. The man, Dominic Martin, claims to have planted the bomb at the convention centre where three blasts took place on Sunday morning, the police said. Kalamassery, Kerala ADGP MR Ajith Kumar, said, "One person …

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