Two blasts near a bus stop killed at least 10 people and injured dozens in the south Indian city of Hyderabad on Thursday night, in what officials said may be a coordinated terrorist attack.
“We have information that at least 10 people are dead and 50 are injured in two blasts,†India’s home secretary, R. K. Singh, told journalists in New Delhi.
Bomb experts from the National Investigation Agency will investigate, he said.
Hyderabad has been the site of frequent terrorist activities in recent years, particularly those using homemade bombs.
In May 2007, 13 people died after a bomb went off at the Mecca Masjid, killing 11, and then the police and Muslims clashed after the explosion. In August 2007, a pair of synchronized explosions tore through two popular gathering spots in Hyderabad, killing at least 42 and wounding dozens more. Police found and defused 19 more bombs in the hours after the blasts, left at bus stops, movie theaters, pedestrian bridges and road intersections.
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