Cannon explodes during salute, killing two

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A woman walks past a cannon at Jamestown Settlement, a museum of 17th-century colonial Virginia, in Williamsburg, Virginia, May 1, 2007. A 200-year-old cannon wheeled out by Indian villagers to greet a visiting minister exploded after being overstuffed with gunpowder, killing two men, a newspaper reported Thursday. REUTERS/Jim Young

A woman walks past a cannon at Jamestown Settlement, a museum of 17th-century colonial Virginia, in Williamsburg, Virginia, May 1, 2007. A 200-year-old cannon wheeled out by Indian villagers to greet a visiting minister exploded after being overstuffed with gunpowder, killing two men, a newspaper reported Thursday.

Credit: Reuters/Jim Young

NEW DELHI | Thu Nov 29, 2007 9:20am EST

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A 200-year-old cannon wheeled out by Indian villagers to greet a visiting minister exploded after being overstuffed with gunpowder, killing two men, a newspaper reported Thursday.

Residents of Badoli village in western India's Rajasthan state had planned the gun salute Tuesday evening to welcome Kirodi Lal Meena, a state minister, the Times of India reported.

The minister left immediately after the accident, which also injured six other people.
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