Bomb blasts kill 30 in Hyderabad

Byoliveridley

Happens too depressingly often in India. There’s just too many people around, it’s very easy to hide,  counter-surveillance by police/intelligence agencies is lacking. Hopefully, it won’t ignite any  more violence, which is all the terrorists are hoping to do.

Over 32 killed as terror strikes Hyderabad-India-The Times of India

In two near-simultaneous terror attacks, at least 32 people were killed and 35 injured in two explosions at a crowded park and a popular eating joint here on Sunday evening, three months after the Mecca Masjid blasts.

Twenty six people died and 22 wounded when an explosion ripped through Gokul Chat Shop at Kothi locality at around 7.30 pm, Andhra Pradesh Home Minister K Jana Reddy told reporters here.

Six people, most of them from outside the state, were killed and 13 injured in another blast five minutes earlier in an open air auditorium in Lumbini Park near the state secretariat in the heart of the city when a laser show was on, he said.

The condition of ten to 15 people in different hospitals of the city was stated to be serious.

Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy and Police Commissioner Balwinder Singh, who both visited the blast sites, said it appeared to be a terrorist act.

A red alert was sounded across the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad and neighbouring Karnataka and the national capital Delhi in the wake of the blasts.

Senior police and central intelligence officials indicated that the explosives used in today’s well-planned blasts were similar to those employed in Mecca Masjid explosions which claimed 11 lives in May this year.

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  1. tell me why,all these people like to stand around and pose for pictures.that will not solve anything.instead of showing the horrors,why don’t they start fighting back,to stop the terrorist.if i was a terrorist,all of them poseing would put a nice smile on my face.i did sommething and they are doing nothing.they were,most likily right down the street,setting more explosives.smile for the camera everyone;we have a wounded person here,don’t forget to capture the blood,for a better shot.the world needs to get off it’s butt,and put a stop to all this.there is enough strengh,to get rid of every terrorist out there.so just do it!while i’m at it,syria better wake up to,cause Iran will turn on them to,when they get the chance.all arab league countries better be ware.

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