The news reported an explosion in a quiet neighbourhood. One officer was injured by a fleeing suspect, four others were killed in the blast. Oddly, the news said it had been compressed air, not explosives. They talked about how much worse it would have been if it had been C4. People were evacuated for most of the day. Sources claimed that the evacuees were given some kind of treatment before being allowed back into their homes.
The only picture that caught Pranthi's eye was a shot of a woman cop with tears running through grey dust on her face. The kind of shot she wished she could take.
The next week a bombing at a mall in Africa took over the news of the explosion, except for brief coverage of the funeral for the fallen. The entire city ground to a halt while the procession moved throu
