Hyderabad bombings killed 14: Indian minister, police
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Victims who were injured during bomb blasts are treated at a hospital in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad on Feb 21, 2013. Twin bombings in a busy shopping area in the Indian city of Hyderabad are now known to have killed 14 people and wounded 119, a senior Indian minister said on Friday. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Investigating officers use a sniffer dog as they inspect the site of an explosion at Dilsukh Nagar, in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, on Feb 21, 2013. Twin bombings in a busy shopping area in the Indian city of Hyderabad are now known to have killed 14 people and wounded 119, a senior Indian minister said on Friday. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Investigating officers inspect the site of an explosion at Dilsukh Nagar, in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, on Feb 21, 2013. Twin bombings in a busy shopping area in the Indian city of Hyderabad are now known to have killed 14 people and wounded 119, a senior Indian minister said on Friday. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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The scene of a blast at Dilsukhnagar in Hyderabad, India, on Feb 21, 2013. Twin bombings in a busy shopping area in the Indian city of Hyderabad are now known to have killed 14 people and wounded 119, a senior Indian minister said on Friday. -- PHOTO: AP
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A relative reacts at the Omini hospital Kothapet following bomb blasts in Hyderabad on Feb 21, 2013. Twin bombings in a busy shopping area in the Indian city of Hyderabad are now known to have killed 14 people and wounded 119, a senior Indian minister said on Friday. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Indian medical staff treat the injured at the Omini hospital Kothapet in Hyderabad on Feb 21, 2013. Twin bombings in a busy shopping area in the Indian city of Hyderabad are now known to have killed 14 people and wounded 119, a senior Indian minister said on Friday. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Police examine the site of an explosion at Dilsukh Nagar, in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, on Feb 21, 2013. Twin bombings in a busy shopping area in the Indian city of Hyderabad are now known to have killed 14 people and wounded 119, a senior Indian minister said on Friday. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Armed officers from the Railway Protection Force stand vigil at the main railway station in Ahmedabad on Feb 21, 2013, following serial bomb blasts in Hyderabad. Twin bombings in a busy shopping area in the Indian city of Hyderabad are now known to have killed 14 people and wounded 119, a senior Indian minister said on Friday. -- PHOTO: AFP
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An Indian investigative official takes photographs of the debris at one of the two bomb blast sites in Hyderabad, India, early on Feb 22, 2013. A pair of bombs exploded on Thursday evening in a crowded shopping area in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, killing at least 14 people and wounding scores of others in the worst bombing in the country in more than a year, officials said. -- PHOTO: AP
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Indian investigative officials collect evidence at one of the two bomb blast sites in Hyderabad, India, early on Feb 22, 2013. A pair of bombs exploded on Thursday evening in a crowded shopping area in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, killing at least 14 people and wounding scores of others in the worst bombing in the country in more than a year, officials said. -- PHOTO: AP
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A bomb blast victim is treated at Osmania Hospital in Hyderabad on Feb 22, 2013. Twin bombings killed at least 20 people on Thursday outside a popular cinema and bus stand in the Indian city of Hyderabad, provoking safety fears among Australia's touring cricket team. -- PHOTO: AFP
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A hospital worker handles a victim of a bomb blast in the mortury of Osmania Hospital in Hyderabad on Feb 22, 2013. Twin bombings killed at least 20 people on Thursday outside a popular cinema and bus stand in the Indian city of Hyderabad, provoking safety fears among Australia's touring cricket team. -- PHOTO: AFP
Victims who were injured during bomb blasts are treated at a hospital in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad on Feb 21, 2013. Twin bombings in a busy shopping area in the Indian city of Hyderabad are now known to have killed 14 people and wounded 119, a senior Indian minister said on Friday. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Investigating officers use a sniffer dog as they inspect the site of an explosion at Dilsukh Nagar, in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, on Feb 21, 2013. Twin bombings in a busy shopping area in the Indian city of Hyderabad are now known to have killed 14 people and wounded 119, a senior Indian minister said on Friday. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Investigating officers inspect the site of an explosion at Dilsukh Nagar, in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, on Feb 21, 2013. Twin bombings in a busy shopping area in the Indian city of Hyderabad are now known to have killed 14 people and wounded 119, a senior Indian minister said on Friday. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
The scene of a blast at Dilsukhnagar in Hyderabad, India, on Feb 21, 2013. Twin bombings in a busy shopping area in the Indian city of Hyderabad are now known to have killed 14 people and wounded 119, a senior Indian minister said on Friday. -- PHOTO: AP
A relative reacts at the Omini hospital Kothapet following bomb blasts in Hyderabad on Feb 21, 2013. Twin bombings in a busy shopping area in the Indian city of Hyderabad are now known to have killed 14 people and wounded 119, a senior Indian minister said on Friday. -- PHOTO: AFP
Indian medical staff treat the injured at the Omini hospital Kothapet in Hyderabad on Feb 21, 2013. Twin bombings in a busy shopping area in the Indian city of Hyderabad are now known to have killed 14 people and wounded 119, a senior Indian minister said on Friday. -- PHOTO: AFP
Police examine the site of an explosion at Dilsukh Nagar, in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, on Feb 21, 2013. Twin bombings in a busy shopping area in the Indian city of Hyderabad are now known to have killed 14 people and wounded 119, a senior Indian minister said on Friday. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Armed officers from the Railway Protection Force stand vigil at the main railway station in Ahmedabad on Feb 21, 2013, following serial bomb blasts in Hyderabad. Twin bombings in a busy shopping area in the Indian city of Hyderabad are now known to have killed 14 people and wounded 119, a senior Indian minister said on Friday. -- PHOTO: AFP
An Indian investigative official takes photographs of the debris at one of the two bomb blast sites in Hyderabad, India, early on Feb 22, 2013. A pair of bombs exploded on Thursday evening in a crowded shopping area in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, killing at least 14 people and wounding scores of others in the worst bombing in the country in more than a year, officials said. -- PHOTO: AP
Indian investigative officials collect evidence at one of the two bomb blast sites in Hyderabad, India, early on Feb 22, 2013. A pair of bombs exploded on Thursday evening in a crowded shopping area in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, killing at least 14 people and wounding scores of others in the worst bombing in the country in more than a year, officials said. -- PHOTO: AP
A bomb blast victim is treated at Osmania Hospital in Hyderabad on Feb 22, 2013. Twin bombings killed at least 20 people on Thursday outside a popular cinema and bus stand in the Indian city of Hyderabad, provoking safety fears among Australia's touring cricket team. -- PHOTO: AFP
A hospital worker handles a victim of a bomb blast in the mortury of Osmania Hospital in Hyderabad on Feb 22, 2013. Twin bombings killed at least 20 people on Thursday outside a popular cinema and bus stand in the Indian city of Hyderabad, provoking safety fears among Australia's touring cricket team. -- PHOTO: AFP
HYDERABAD (AFP) - Twin bombings in a busy shopping area in the Indian city of Hyderabad are now known to have killed 14 people and wounded 119, a senior Indian minister said on Friday.
"The total dead are 14, total injured is 119. Out of this six are critical," Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said at a news conference in the city following Thursday evening's attacks.
N. Rao, a senior police official in Hyderabad, confirmed the toll of 14 and put the number of wounded at 80.
Another senior police officer had said on Thursday that 20 people were killed when two bombs placed on bicycles went off outside a popular cinema and bus stand in the southern city, a hub of India's IT industry.
