Overview
According to the Deccan Chronicle, the bomb comprised a high explosive substance filled in a 10-inch (250 mm) by 3-inch (76 mm) pipe. The Andhra Pradesh Forensic Science Laboratory claims that RDX and TNT were used in the 10 inches (25 cm) by 3 inches (7.6 cm) pipe bomb. The bomb was placed under a heavy granite slab that broke in two. Police later said that the slab had taken the force of the impact and saved many lives.
The blast occurred near the open air section of the Makkah Masjid. At the time of the blast more than 10,000 people were inside the mosque premises, for the Friday prayers. The injured were treated at the Osmania hospital in Hyderabad.
Following this Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra were put on alert. State Home Minister K Jana Reddy said the blast, which injured over fifty people in addition to the death toll, could be the act of foreign elements.
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