Blasts in Hyderabad

About 40 persons were killed and 70 others seriously injured in twin and simultaneous blasts that rocked the city on Saturday night.
The first blast took place in the amphitheatre at Lumbini Park where a laser show was on. Normally, weekends see around 1500 to 2000 visitors in the park in the evenings but on Saturday, thanks to the rain, there were only 400.The laser show began at 7:30 pm. A few minutes into the show, the explosion caused by improvised explosive devices took place, ripping apart rows 8 to 11. Three persons died on the spot and six more on the way to hospital.Preliminary investigation by the police revealed that the blast might have been caused by an IED loaded with RDX.
Simultaneously, across town at the same time, another blast took place at the hugely popular Gokul Chat in Koti. Twenty-five people reportedly died on the spot and scores of others were injured.Such was the intensity of the blast that many bodies were blown to bits, while others were mangled beyond recognition.Police officers have sealed the sites and forensic experts have begun investigation.
Following the blasts, police sounded high alert in the city even as Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy reviewed the situation with senior officials.The police later recovered two unexploded bombs from Venkatadri cinema in the busy Dilsukhnagar area and another in Narayanaguda.A bomb threat was received by Prasad's IMAX, about a kilometre from Lumbini Park, a few minutes later. All the spectators were evacuated to safety.
The twin explosions came close on the heels of the deadly blast in Mecca Masjid on May 18 this year in which 10 persons were killed and 40 injured.