Authorities attributed to "foreign terrorists" the attacks in Hyderabad

New Delhi, 26 Aug 2007. - The Indian city of Hyderabad (South India) today morning paralyzed by the attacks on Saturday, killing at 42 people and wounding dozens, work, officials said, of "terrorist groups International Pakistan and Bangladesh. "
In the hospitals of the city continue admitted 70 people, wincing from affected families, for which the regional government has already announced compensation.
In a press appearance after an emergency meeting, the regional governor of Andhra, YS Rajasekhara Reddy, said the bombings were the work of "international terrorist groups."
"Most of the time, international terrorist organizations are responsible for these horrific acts (...) We can not have intelligence networks in Bangladesh and Pakistan," said Reddy, who denied a failure of Indian intelligence services.
The two explosions, almost simultaneously, occurred on Saturday in an outdoor auditorium in Hyderabad, with 10 deaths, and in a crowded fast food restaurant located five kilometers from the first point, which killed 32 people.
According to Reddy, for the moment no arrests in connection with the bombings in Hyderabad, a city that was hit by another attack on 18 May when a bomb killed nine people inside the central mosque in Mecca, and gave rise to riots with police that killed five people shot.
Although no group has claimed responsibility for the attack on Saturday, several Indian media today pointed to the Islamic group Harkat-ul-Jehadi Islami (HUJI), which researchers also responsible for the explosion of the mosque.
The security forces have already determined that the perpetrators of the blasts used timers, unlike the mosque, which used a mobile telephone and hid in black plastic bags bombs, consisting of ammonium nitrate and metal balls.
In addition, hours after the explosions, security forces recovered two unexploded devices with a cinema, which reinforces the theory that it was a large-scale conspiracy, according to a police source quoted by IANS.
Regarding the possible role of the HUJI, the NDTV television channel reported that research teams are assessing the role of Mohammed Abdul Sahed (aka "Bilal"), who allegedly participated in the bombing of the mosque, but the bombs in both attacks have a different composition.
In his appearance, Reddy announced that the families of the dead will get a donation of 500,000 rupees (about $ 12,140, ​​8,900 euros) and a public work, while the injured will aid of 20,000 rupees (about 485 dollars, 350 euros) Places the explosions were very busy: in the auditorium, located in the Lumbini Park, about 500 people witnessed a laser show, while the restaurant is in a popular shopping area on weekends.
The authorities immediately declared a red alert in Andhra which spread to the adjacent region of Tamil Nadu.
At night, many people succumbed to injuries in hospitals, who lived a flurry to meet the victims of the blasts.
The Indian minister Shivraj Patil is scheduled to arrive today in the city where the authorities of Andhra will hold a meeting of all parties.
The opposition Conservative Party Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party has called for its part the Government to make public a statement with major attacks in recent years, accusing him of showing "soft" on terrorism.
Both Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Pratibha Patil and the leader of the Congress Party government had yesterday expressed its condemnation of the attacks and their more "serious concern".
In Hyderabad, a city that has developed strongly in recent years thanks to the computer services industry, is scheduled today the conclusion of 10,000 marriages because astrologers have considered "auspicious" day.
With a sizeable Muslim minority, Hyderabad experienced violent riots in the 70 and 80.

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