The first blast occurred at 1:15 p.m. in the state capital, Lucknow, just outside the entrance to the city courthouse, near a bicycle stand used by lawyers. No one was killed, but television stations broadcast images of lawyers, dressed in the formal uniform of the legal profession, black suits, high collars and white ties, fleeing the area.
Another [bomb blast] went off in Faizabad, again near the entrance to the courts, killing four and wounding at least 14, an official at the police control room in Lucknow said by telephone.