Kochi: A 76-year-old woman, who suffered severe burn injuries in the Kalamassery blasts, succumbed here on Thursday afternoon. The deceased is Lilly John, a native of Idukki’s Vandamattom (Thodupuzha). A few days ago, her husband KA John (77) had succumbed to burn injuries from the blasts.

Lilly had been undergoing treatment at a private hospital. With her death, the total number of people who died due to the Kalamassery explosion has risen to eight. 

The blasts took place during a gathering of Jehovah's Witnesses on October 29. They had gathered for the final day of a three-day-long prayer meeting.

During the multiple blasts at the international convention centre in Kalamassery, over 50 people were injured, some seriously. 

A few hours after the incident, a man named Dominic Martin, claiming to be an estranged member of Jehovah's Witnesses, surrendered before the police in Thrissur district, asserting he carried out the multiple blasts. The police later recorded his arrest. 

In addition to Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) (punishment for murder) and Section 3 of the Explosive Substances Act, relevant sections of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) have also been invoked against Martin.

With PTI inputs