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36 killed, 40 hurt as 2 blasts hit Hyderabad
New Delhi/ Hyderabad: At least 36 people died and 40 were injured in two blasts at two places in Hyderabad on Saturday evening.
HYDERABAD HORROR: This is the area in Lumbini Park where one of the blasts took place.
The blasts occurred at around 1930 hrs IST—the first at Lumbini Park on Necklace Road near the state Secretariat and the second five minutes later at Gokul Chat shop, a popular eating joint in Koti. The two places are eight km apart.
More than two dozen people at Gokul Chat and six at Lumbini Park have been killed in the blasts.
Several hundred people had gathered at an auditorium in Lumbini Park for a laser show off the Hussain Sagar Lake. State Home Minister K Jana Reddy said around 500 people were in the auditorium when the blast 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.
Hours after the twin blasts, the city police recovered a live bomb from Dilsukhnagar area and defused it in time. The bomb was planted underneath a foot-over-bridge with a timer set for 2130 hours, IST.
The nature of blasts is not known but Additional Commissioner of Police Uma Maheswari Rao told CNN-IBN explosive material was used at least in Lumbini Park.
The police have cordoned off the two places and are searching railway stations and bus depots in the city. The injured have been taken to Mediciti Hospital and Osmania Hospital.
Security in Hyderabad has been tightened in view of 10,000 weddings on Sunday. This is the second major terror attack in the city this year. At least 12 people died and several were injured in a blast at the city’s Mecca Masjid mosque on May 18 this year.
Centre blames terrorists
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed deep concern over the blasts and the Union Home Ministry said it was monitoring the situation in Hyderabad.
Union Minister of State for Home Sriprakash Jaiswal said the blasts were the handiwork of a terrorist group. "One terrorist group or the other, which is bent on destroying the unity of the country, is certainly involved in the blasts in Hyderabad," he said.
The Union Home Ministry has sought a report from the Andhra Pradesh government on the situation in Hyderabad. "The Home ministry is in constant touch with the state government," said a ministry spokesperson.
Union Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta spoke to the State Chief Secretary to monitor the situation and sought details of the incidents.
Hyderabad helpline numbers: 040 23202833, 09440815858, 09440815856
(With inputs from Shwetal Kamalapurkar and Sheikh Ahmed Ali)
What are we going to DO about this? We never do ANYTHING. Our people die, and we just watch on, apathetic. The government doesn't care, it never cares. The people don't care either. We've bled for more than twenty years, and it just doesn't stop. And all those who can make a difference never actually DO anything.
Why don't we ever actually LISTEN to the terrorists for once? We all dismiss them as motivated by this or that. Do we ever actually hear what they say they are doing this for? Do we bother to ever consider the possibility that they may be SINCERE? Unless we do that, how do we ever expect to be able to take concrete action, to deal with this threat, this menace, this evil?
But life will go on. The police will catch a few suspects, find out more, the media will raise a frenzy about "minority persecution", then a few years later, the perpetrators will be caught, given a life sentence, or the death penalty, the human rights organisations will raise a ruckus about the human rights of the people who did this, the case will drag on, and all will be forgotten, and then there will be another attack. But life will go on. Apathetic.
36 killed, 40 hurt as 2 blasts hit Hyderabad
New Delhi/ Hyderabad: At least 36 people died and 40 were injured in two blasts at two places in Hyderabad on Saturday evening.
HYDERABAD HORROR: This is the area in Lumbini Park where one of the blasts took place.
The blasts occurred at around 1930 hrs IST—the first at Lumbini Park on Necklace Road near the state Secretariat and the second five minutes later at Gokul Chat shop, a popular eating joint in Koti. The two places are eight km apart.
More than two dozen people at Gokul Chat and six at Lumbini Park have been killed in the blasts.
Several hundred people had gathered at an auditorium in Lumbini Park for a laser show off the Hussain Sagar Lake. State Home Minister K Jana Reddy said around 500 people were in the auditorium when the blast 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.
Hours after the twin blasts, the city police recovered a live bomb from Dilsukhnagar area and defused it in time. The bomb was planted underneath a foot-over-bridge with a timer set for 2130 hours, IST.
The nature of blasts is not known but Additional Commissioner of Police Uma Maheswari Rao told CNN-IBN explosive material was used at least in Lumbini Park.
The police have cordoned off the two places and are searching railway stations and bus depots in the city. The injured have been taken to Mediciti Hospital and Osmania Hospital.
Security in Hyderabad has been tightened in view of 10,000 weddings on Sunday. This is the second major terror attack in the city this year. At least 12 people died and several were injured in a blast at the city’s Mecca Masjid mosque on May 18 this year.
Centre blames terrorists
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed deep concern over the blasts and the Union Home Ministry said it was monitoring the situation in Hyderabad.
Union Minister of State for Home Sriprakash Jaiswal said the blasts were the handiwork of a terrorist group. "One terrorist group or the other, which is bent on destroying the unity of the country, is certainly involved in the blasts in Hyderabad," he said.
The Union Home Ministry has sought a report from the Andhra Pradesh government on the situation in Hyderabad. "The Home ministry is in constant touch with the state government," said a ministry spokesperson.
Union Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta spoke to the State Chief Secretary to monitor the situation and sought details of the incidents.
Hyderabad helpline numbers: 040 23202833, 09440815858, 09440815856
(With inputs from Shwetal Kamalapurkar and Sheikh Ahmed Ali)
Why don't we ever actually LISTEN to the terrorists for once? We all dismiss them as motivated by this or that. Do we ever actually hear what they say they are doing this for? Do we bother to ever consider the possibility that they may be SINCERE? Unless we do that, how do we ever expect to be able to take concrete action, to deal with this threat, this menace, this evil?
But life will go on. The police will catch a few suspects, find out more, the media will raise a frenzy about "minority persecution", then a few years later, the perpetrators will be caught, given a life sentence, or the death penalty, the human rights organisations will raise a ruckus about the human rights of the people who did this, the case will drag on, and all will be forgotten, and then there will be another attack. But life will go on. Apathetic.
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