July 2, 1985, Forty Years Ago: India-Pakistan Talks
Air Chief Dead
Air Chief Marshal Laxman Madhav Katre died in New Delhi following a massive heart attack. He was 58. The heart failure was induced by a pneumonic injection that penetrated the protective outer layer of the heart from the lungs, medical experts said.
Airport Blasts
A powerful explosion rocked the international terminal of Leonardo Da Vinci Airport in Rome, wounding at least six people, the police said. In Madrid, one person was killed and 12 hurt when a bomb exploded in the offices of British Airways and Trans World Airlines. The police, quoted by Italian news agencies, said the explosion in Rome appeared to have originated in a suitcase headed for an airliner set to take off for India. The blast triggered a panic among passengers, witnesses said.
Violence In Gujarat
One person was killed and six others injured when the police resorted to firing to quell rioting mobs in Prantij town in Gujarat's Sabarkantha district. According to the ENS response from Himmatnagar, at least three wooden cabins were set on fire by an irate mob following which large-scale violence broke out, forcing the police to fire several tear-gas shells. They later resorted to firing.
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