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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.
The 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.
Investigators have been sifting through the wreckage looking for any leads. 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.
I saw chairs flying in the air along with bodies VineetEyewitness 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".
Unconfirmed reports said police had defused a number of other explosive devices around the city. "Available information points to the involvement of terrorist organisations based in Bangladesh and Pakistan," the minister told reporters without giving any names.
Relatives await newsRelatives await news
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.
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 blastsIn 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.
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.
"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."
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.
Meanwhile, officials have begun the process of handing over the bodies of those killed in Saturday's attacks to their relatives.
But with many bodies yet to be identified, many people spent the night outside the city's hospitals hoping for news.
'Blood-covered plates'
People in the area said a huge explosion was heard in Hyderabad's Lumbini Park, popular for its restaurants and amusements, just after 1930 (1400 GMT) on Saturday.
The blast happened in an open-air auditorium, which was packed with families, watching a laser light show.
"I saw chairs flying in the air along with bodies," Vineet, a young man who was at the show with some 200 other people, told Indian television.
A few minutes later and several miles away, there was another explosion at a crowded local restaurant popular with Hindus and Muslims.
In the aftermath, blood-covered tin plates and broken glasses littered the road outside, reports said.
India's Home Minister Shivraj Patil is due to visit the city on Sunday.
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