16 injured in blasts outside mosque in Maharashtra

A police spokesman told AFP by telephone from Parbhani town, about 500km from the state capital Mumbai, that youths on a motorcycle had thrown a bomb into a mosque at 1.55 pm (0825 GMT) at nearby Purna village.

"Thirteen people were injured and they have been admitted to the hospital," the spokesman said, adding that superintendent of police Rajesh Kumar More had rushed to the site with additional forces.

He did not know the nature of the injuries.

Just 10 minutes earlier, a blast took place outside Kadri mosque on a busy market street in Jalna town, around 400km from Mumbai, in which three people were hurt, another police spokesman said.