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| India Home Minister Shinde visits Hyderabad blast site | India Home Minister Shinde visits Hyderabad blast site |
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| India's Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde has visited the sites of two blasts in the city of Hyderabad in which he said 14 people were killed. | India's Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde has visited the sites of two blasts in the city of Hyderabad in which he said 14 people were killed. |
| Mr Shinde said Thursday's bombs had been planted on bicycles 150m (500ft) apart near a crowded fruit market. | Mr Shinde said Thursday's bombs had been planted on bicycles 150m (500ft) apart near a crowded fruit market. |
| No group has yet said it carried out the attack. | No group has yet said it carried out the attack. |
| Major Indian cities have been put on alert as police investigate the blasts, which Mr Shinde said also left 119 people injured. | |
| On Friday, he visited the sites of the blast in the Dilsukhnagar area, a busy commercial and education hub, as well as visiting some of the injured in hospital. | |
| "Of the 119 people injured, six are in a critical condition," he told reporters. | "Of the 119 people injured, six are in a critical condition," he told reporters. |
| Asked who he thought could be behind the blasts, Mr Shinde said: "At this moment we cannot say anything. The matter is under investigation." | Asked who he thought could be behind the blasts, Mr Shinde said: "At this moment we cannot say anything. The matter is under investigation." |
| Mumbai alert | Mumbai alert |
| On Thursday Mr Shinde told reporters in Delhi that authorities had received intelligence about possible attacks in the country but no specific information as to where or when they might occur. | |
| The explosions hit the busy Dilsukhnagar neighbourhood, which is crowded with cinemas, shops, restaurants and one of India's largest fruit and vegetable markets. | |
| Senior police officer V Dinesh Reddy told the Associated Press news agency that improvised explosive devices had been used. | Senior police officer V Dinesh Reddy told the Associated Press news agency that improvised explosive devices had been used. |
| Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called the explosions a "dastardly attack" and said the "guilty will not go unpunished". | Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called the explosions a "dastardly attack" and said the "guilty will not go unpunished". |
| Mumbai and the rest of Maharashtra state have been put on high alert following the blasts, with measures such as increased police presence on the streets and random vehicle searches. | Mumbai and the rest of Maharashtra state have been put on high alert following the blasts, with measures such as increased police presence on the streets and random vehicle searches. |
| Meanwhile, Australia's cricket team says it has held talks with Indian authorities about its players' safety in the wake of the bombings. The second Test of the India-Australia series is due to start in Hyderabad on 2 March. | Meanwhile, Australia's cricket team says it has held talks with Indian authorities about its players' safety in the wake of the bombings. The second Test of the India-Australia series is due to start in Hyderabad on 2 March. |
| The blast is the first major attack in India since a September 2011 bombing outside Delhi's High Court killed 13 people. | The blast is the first major attack in India since a September 2011 bombing outside Delhi's High Court killed 13 people. |