[h=3]By KENAN MACHADO[/h]MUMBAI—At least 11 people were killed in two or more explosions in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad late Thursday, according to senior police and federal government officials.
"We have reports of 11 casualties so far and over 50 injured," said Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, who suspected terrorism was the cause. "We had intelligence input of expected blasts somewhere in the country for the past two days and had alerted all state governments," he added.
Federal Home Secretary R.K. Singh said that New Delhi has received reports also of at least 50 people injured, adding that "when there are two blasts, it's obviously a terror attack."
A team of forensic experts from the National Security Guard—India's top counterterrorism commando force—are on their way to the blast site, Mr. Singh said.
AFP/Getty ImagesIndian medical staff treat the injured Thursday at the Omini hospital Kothapet in Hyderabad, after bombs shook the southern Indian city.
Officials have yet to determine the cause of the explosions, said Amit Garg, Hyderabad's additional commissioner of police.
N. Sanjay, joint commissioner of police, declined to comment on the cause of the explosions.
Local television channels reported that there could have been up to five blasts, but police couldn't confirm this.
Hyderabad, the capital of Andhra Pradesh state, is home to software giants including global corporations like Microsoft Corp., International Business Machines Corp., Oracle Corp. and Google Inc.
In August 2007, two explosions set off by terrorists killed 42 people in Hyderabad.
"We have reports of 11 casualties so far and over 50 injured," said Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, who suspected terrorism was the cause. "We had intelligence input of expected blasts somewhere in the country for the past two days and had alerted all state governments," he added.
Federal Home Secretary R.K. Singh said that New Delhi has received reports also of at least 50 people injured, adding that "when there are two blasts, it's obviously a terror attack."
A team of forensic experts from the National Security Guard—India's top counterterrorism commando force—are on their way to the blast site, Mr. Singh said.
AFP/Getty ImagesIndian medical staff treat the injured Thursday at the Omini hospital Kothapet in Hyderabad, after bombs shook the southern Indian city.
Officials have yet to determine the cause of the explosions, said Amit Garg, Hyderabad's additional commissioner of police.
N. Sanjay, joint commissioner of police, declined to comment on the cause of the explosions.
Local television channels reported that there could have been up to five blasts, but police couldn't confirm this.
Hyderabad, the capital of Andhra Pradesh state, is home to software giants including global corporations like Microsoft Corp., International Business Machines Corp., Oracle Corp. and Google Inc.
In August 2007, two explosions set off by terrorists killed 42 people in Hyderabad.