Deadly grenade blast rocks Guyana capital Georgetown

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Published on January 5th 2011 by News Staff 

GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- One person has been killed and 19 people injured in an explosion at a bus depot in the capital of Guyana, Georgetown.

Police said the explosion was caused by a grenade, but refused to speculate whether it was an accident or a deliberate attack.

Eyewitnesses said the blast rocked the busy streets around the bus depot, near Stabroek Market.

Officials at Georgetown Hospital said they were treating 19 people.

Doctors said most of those injured had shrapnel wounds.

One witness told the Associated Press news agency he had been left temporarily deafened by the explosion.

Police have cordoned off the area and are gathering evidence.