THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India: The death toll from a homemade bomb explosion during a Christian prayer meeting in southern India has risen to three, police said on Monday, as authorities questioned a man claiming responsibility.

More than 2,000 people were attending a three-day Jehovah's Witnesses meeting at a convention center in Kerala state on Sunday morning when the blast and subsequent fireball ripped through the crowd.

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