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| Police hunt for India bomb clues | Police hunt for India bomb clues |
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| Police forensic teams are hunting for clues to who carried out twin bomb attacks that killed at least 42 people in the south Indian city of Hyderabad. | Police forensic teams are hunting for clues to who carried out twin bomb attacks that killed at least 42 people in the south Indian city of Hyderabad. |
| Saturday's explosions took place minutes apart at an open-air auditorium and a popular outdoor restaurant. | Saturday's explosions took place minutes apart at an open-air auditorium and a popular outdoor restaurant. |
| The authorities said groups in Pakistan and Bangladesh were behind the blasts. | The authorities said groups in Pakistan and Bangladesh were behind the blasts. |
| Indian President Pratibha Patil said the attacks were aimed at disturbing harmony in the city, which has a mixed Muslim and Hindu population. | Indian President Pratibha Patil said the attacks were aimed at disturbing harmony in the city, which has a mixed Muslim and Hindu population. |
| Our country is so big that even if we have the information that something is planned we do not know where or when Shivraj Patil VineetIndia's Home Minister | Our country is so big that even if we have the information that something is planned we do not know where or when Shivraj Patil VineetIndia's Home Minister |
| Some 50 people were also injured in the incidents, in Andhra Pradesh state. | Some 50 people were also injured in the incidents, in Andhra Pradesh state. |
| Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy described the blasts as a suspected "terrorist act". | Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy described the blasts as a suspected "terrorist act". |
| "Available information points to the involvement of terrorist organisations based in Bangladesh and Pakistan," the minister told reporters without giving any names. | "Available information points to the involvement of terrorist organisations based in Bangladesh and Pakistan," the minister told reporters without giving any names. |
| Relatives await news | Relatives await news |
| Officials have begun the process of handing over the bodies of those killed to their relatives. | Officials have begun the process of handing over the bodies of those killed to their relatives. |
| But with many bodies yet to be identified, many people spent the night outside the city's hospitals hoping for news. | But with many bodies yet to be identified, many people spent the night outside the city's hospitals hoping for news. |
| Hyderabad has been placed on alert, with extra police out on the streets. | Hyderabad has been placed on alert, with extra police out on the streets. |
| In pictures: Hyderabad blasts | In pictures: Hyderabad blasts |
| The authorities want to keep a lid on any religious tensions, the BBC's Sanjoy Majumder, in Delhi, says. | The authorities want to keep a lid on any religious tensions, the BBC's Sanjoy Majumder, in Delhi, says. |
| Sunday is an auspicious day in the Hindu calendar and a number of weddings are scheduled to take place. | Sunday is an auspicious day in the Hindu calendar and a number of weddings are scheduled to take place. |
| The authorities want to make sure there's no repeat of Saturday's attack, says our Delhi correspondent. | The authorities want to make sure there's no repeat of Saturday's attack, says our Delhi correspondent. |
| India's Home Minister Shivraj Patil visited the site of the explosions, as well as injured people in hospital, on Sunday to urge vigilance. | India's Home Minister Shivraj Patil visited the site of the explosions, as well as injured people in hospital, on Sunday to urge vigilance. |
| "We have to take timely action on the basis of information received," he said. | "We have to take timely action on the basis of information received," he said. |
| "But our country is so big that even if we have the information that something is planned we do not know where or when." | "But our country is so big that even if we have the information that something is planned we do not know where or when." |
| The explosions came three months after 11 people were killed in a bombing at the city's 17th-Century Mecca Mosque. Police have yet to formally name suspects for that attack. | The explosions came three months after 11 people were killed in a bombing at the city's 17th-Century Mecca Mosque. Police have yet to formally name suspects for that attack. |