Two persons killed in bomb attack

Two persons were killed today after some assailants exploded crude bomb at a village in Bihar's Banka district, a police officer said.

The incident took place at Malbathan village when some unidentified assailants hurled crude bomb at a house in which one Shambhu Singh and another aged man died after hit by sharpnels, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Arun Kumar said.

Old enmity was stated to be motive behind the murder of the two villagers, he 00said,

A probe was on in the matter, he said.

The bodies have been sent for post-mortem, the ASP said.