Bombings In India

A series of four bomb blasts tore through the Western India town of Malegaon, with current estimates that 25 people have been killed. One of the blasts was outside a crowded mosque.

Four blasts took place in Malegaon town, 260 km (160 miles) northeast of Mumbai, India's financial hub, the NDTV channel said. One explosion was outside a mosque.

At least 25 people were killed, NDTV said. Police, however, said five people were killed in two blasts.

They said thousands had gathered at the mosque for Friday prayers.

The blasts came days after Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that intelligence agencies had warned of more terrorist attacks across the country, possibly on economic and religious targets as well as on nuclear installations.

India has been on a heightened security alert after a series of bombs on commuter trains in Mumbai killed 186 people in July. The attack was blamed on Islamist militant groups with links across the border in Pakistan.

Malegaon has suffered religious violence in the past. In May, police recovered a cache of explosives and automatic rifles from the region based on information they said was provided by arrested Islamist militants.

Will update if I get more detail. Times of India has nothing better than this wire story yet.