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Bomb scares shake Indian city
27/08/2007 10:01 - (SA)
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| The father of a victim of Saturday's bomb blast breaks down in Hyderabad, India. (Rajesh Nirgude, AP) |
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Hyderabad, India - Security forces on Monday searched for explosives at two locations in and near the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, after twin blasts there blamed on Islamic militants killed 42 people.
Sniffer dogs and bomb disposal teams were rushed to the state secretariat in Hyderabad, which houses the ministries and offices of the Andhra Pradesh state government.
"We are searching the area after we got a call that explosives have been planted here," said a police official, who declined to be named.
A search was also under way at a hotel in Secunderabad, which is separated from Hyderabad, the state capital, by a lake.
Earlier on Monday, an unclaimed bag at a private hospital in Hyderabad created panic among a few hundred people at the facility. Police said the bag contained clothes.
On Saturday, two explosions ripped through a packed street eatery and an amusement park in Hyderabad, also wounding more than 50 people.
- AFP
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