லும்பினி தியேட்டரிலும், கோகுல் சாட் பண்டார் என்ற உணவகத்திலும் வெடித்த குண்டுகளால் 40க்கும் மேற்பட்டவர் கொலையுண்டார்கள். 60க்கும் மேற்பட்டவர்கள் படுகாயமடைந்தனர்.
Death toll in Hyderabad serial blasts rises to 41
Published on Saturday , August 25, 2007 at 20:16 in Nation section
Hyderabad/ New Delhi: At least 41 people were killed and 60 injured when two bombs exploded almost simultaneously at an amusement park and a popular eatery in Hyderabad on Saturday evening.
The first blast occurred at around 1945 hrs IST at Lumbini Amusement Park on Necklace Road near the state Secretariat. The second explosion ripped through Gokul Chat Bhandar, a popular eating joint in Koti, some five minutes later.
The government-run amusement park was packed with at least 500 people for a laser show off the Hussain Sagar Lake. As many as nine people were killed here.
Another explosion ripped through Gokul Chat Bhandar, a popular eatery about five km away, five minutes later and killed 32 people.
State Home Minister K Jana Reddy said the blast at the amusement park ripped through the middle row of seats. Reddy alleged the state government had got intelligence inputs that Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence planned terror attacks in the state.
Chief Minister YSR Reddy after visiting Lumbini Park said the blasts were an act of terror. “I request everyone to maintain calm. This is definitely an act of terror,” he said.
The blasts “appear to be the handy work of anti-national elements. Our police is fully alert and the culprits shall be brought to book at the earliest," he said.
A PTI report said after the blasts police recovered two live bombs in the city: one underneath a bridge in Dilsukhnagar and another at Venkataramana Theatre in Kachigudu.
Police officials refused to comment on the explosives used in the blasts but suspect that RDX was used.
The police have cordoned off the two blast sites and are searching railway stations and bus depots in the city. The injured have been taken to Mediciti Hospital and Osmania Hospital.
An IANS report said the Rapid Action Force has been deployed in Koti. Police used force to disperse a mob that gathered in the area and shouted slogans against the government. The angry mob also threw stones at buses.
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