Kerala Blast: One Killed, Several Injured After Suspected Crude Bomb Blast In Kannur; Houses Damaged

Kannur Blast: A massive blast occurred in Kerala's Kannur on Saturday morning, leaving one person dead and several others injured. The explosion took place at a rented residence in Kannur's Kannapuram early this morning. Police called a forensic experts' team and the bomb disposal squad for further investigation. They would examine the circumstances and gather evidence.

The police were probing the nature of the blast; however, it looks like a crude bomb blast. The explosion was so powerful that the body of the victim was torn apart and neighbours' houses were also damaged. The eyewitnesses said the house was reduced to rubble in the blast. The impact of the explosion damaged neighbouring houses, cracking walls and dislodging doors.

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#WATCH | Kannur, Kerala | Nidhin Raj, City Police Commissioner, says, "The incident happened around 2:30 am... We have recovered the body of one Mohd. Asham from the crime scene. Further investigations will reveal the cause of the blast and other aspects related to the case." https://t.co/KByYezRfoC pic.twitter.com/HMiHWRemkW

— ANI (@ANI) August 30, 2025

Crude Bomb Making Angle Being Probed: Police

The probing officials suspect that the blast may have taken place accidentally while a crude bomb was being made in the house. The owner of the house, identified as Keezhara Govindan, had leased it to two persons engaged in running a spare parts shop in Payyannur, around 40 km from Kannur.

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The identities of the deceased and the injured have not yet been established. The police were also trying to know that how many people were present in the house at the time of the blast.

The crude bomb blast has once again brought attention to the persistent issue of illegal bomb-making in the Kannur district. The region has a documented history of such occurrences, often with a political subtext.

In April 2024, a worker of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist was killed in a similar crude bomb blast in Panur while reportedly assembling explosives. That same year, a 90-year-old man died in Thalassery after accidentally picking up a steel bomb he found on an uninhabited plot.

(With IANS Inputs)