Indian Bombings Kill 28
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HYDERABAD, India – A pair of bombings tore through crowded public areas in the southern city of Hyderabad this evening, killing 28 people and wounding dozens more, officials said.
The blasts – one in a park during a laser show, and the other in a crowded market area – went off minutes apart, officials said.
Most of the 28 people killed were in the city’s Kothi market, said K. Jana Reddy, home minister for the state of Andhra Pradesh.
“This is a terrorist act,” Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, the state’s chief minister.
Television footage taken in the arena where the laser show was held showed large pools of blood and dead bodies lying between rows of seats punctured by shrapnel.
Police with flashlights and dogs searched under chairs looking for more explosive devices.
