Mumbai, Sep 8 (IANS) At least 15 people were killed and around 40 injured Friday afternoon when two blasts rocked Malegaon town in Maharashtra, just two months after the 7/11 Mumbai bombings.

The bombs, placed near an old mosque, went off around 2 p.m. - when devotees were coming out after Friday prayers in Nashik district's Malegaon town, about 200 km from here.

Police teams reached the area immediately and the injured were rushed to the hospital. The condition of many of them was critical, said Inspector General of Police (Nashik) P.K. Jain.

A series of seven blasts along Mumbai's train network on July 7 had claimed nearly 200 lives.