'Boy selling balloons saw 2 men place bomb'

NEW DELHI: A boy who sells balloons at the Barkhamba Road crossing in central Delhi may have seen two men placing a bomb there, police said soon after serial blasts hit the capital, killing at least nine and injuring over 80.

In what could be a vital clue to the identity of at least some of the bombers, the boy saw two bearded men in black kurta-pyjamas placing something on top of a dustbin just outisde one of the gates to the Metro station nearby, police said.

Two people were killed in the blast at Barakhamba Road in Connaught Place.

"They got into an auto rickshaw about five minutes after placing whatever they placed on top of the dustbin and went away," the boy told police.

Police said they were still examining the nature of explosives placed at the spot.