<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>A series of blasts during a Christian prayer meeting in India's southern state of Kerala killed one person and wounded 36 others, police said on Sunday.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>"We will find out who is behind this and take stringent action," Director General of Police of Kerala Darvesh Saheb told reporters.</div><div><br></div><div>He said, "Preliminary investigation shows it was an IED (improvised explosive device) blast."</div><div><br></div><div>The incident took place during a Jehovah's Witnesses convention at the centre in Kalamassery, about 10 kilometres from Kochi. The prayer meet was attended by nearly 2,000 people.</div><div><br></div><div>People who were present at the convention centre told the media that the first blast occurred in the middle of a prayer. Officials said, explosives had been placed inside a tiffin box, NDTV reports.</div><div><br></div><div>Kalamassery MP Hibi Eden said that the first explosion occurred in the centre of the hall. He added that the group had an evacuation plan which kicked into action immediately after the first blast. According to AFP reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>