Boy selling balloons saw two men place bomb: police

New Delhi: A boy who sells balloons at the Barkhamba Road crossing in central Delhi may have seen two men placing a bomb there, police said soon after serial blasts hit the capital, killing at least nine and injuring over 80.

Two people were killed in the blast at Barakhamba Road in Connaught Place.

"They got into an auto rickshaw about five minutes after placing whatever they placed on top of the dustbin and went away," the boy told police.

Police said they were still examining the nature of explosives placed at the spot.