TEHRAN, Oct. 15 (Xinhuanet) --At least six people were killed and 50 others injured, with 8 in critical condition, in two consecutive bomb blasts in the southwestern Iranian city of Ahvazon Saturday afternoon.

    The bombs exploded in quick succession around 17:00 local time (13:30 GMT) in an IT commercial center in Ahvaz, the capital city of the oil-rich Khuzestan province bordering Iraq, an informed source told Xinhua via telephone.

    "Six people have been confirmed dead and 8 others are incritical condition," the source said.

    Earlier reports put the death toll at two.  

    Rahim Fazilatpour, the political and disciplinary deputy to Ahvaz governor, noted that the two explosive devices had been placed in two rubbish bins 50 meters away from each other, reported the official IRNA news agency.

    "The second explosion happened 3 minutes after the first one," Fazilatpour said, adding that the area hit by explosions had been cleaned up and investigation started immediately.

    No group or individual has claimed responsibility for the blasts yet, but the informed source said it was alleged by some well-informed residents that the bombs were unlikely to be politically motivated conspiracies and just an individual crime to vent personal spite.

    Fatal explosions and riots are not rare in Khuzestan, a province with radical conflicts between the government and local people.

    On June 12, three bombs exploded concurrently near public facilities in the city, killing eight people and injuring scores of others.

    In mid-April, at least five people died in a wave of riots triggered by a forged letter which was said to be written by former Vice-President Mohammad Ali Abtahi to promote a coercive migration of the ethnic Arabs in the province.

    Khuzestan accounts for almost 90 percent of Iran's nearly 132 billion barrels of proven oil reserve and most of the country's two million ethnic Arabs live in the province.  Enditem