Meteorite Kills 3

 

MeteoriteIn Jaipur, India a suspected meteorite claimed the lives of three nomads and injured four others at Banchola village in Rajasthan's Bundi district.

Two persons died on the spot and the third at a local hospital, police said.

A crater was formed due to a blast-like situation police said, adding it might be a blast in explosive scrap which the nomads or `banjaras' had collected from somewhere.

According to fellow nomads, the victims, who used to sell utensils in exchange of old clothes, were sitting in a field when an `ulkapind' (unknown flying object) hit them around 9 a.m.

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