Two explosions within minutes killed at least 20 people in Hyderabad on Saturday. One blast was at the Lumbini amusement park and another explosion at a street-side eatery was caused by a exploding gas cylinder.
With pressure mounting to tackle terrorism with a firm hand, the Andhra Pradesh government has decided to constitute an elite anti-terror force.
Indian police released the sketch of a person suspected of being linked with one of the twin weekend bombings in the southern city of Hyderabad that killed 42 people.
Bibhudatta Pradhan, Indian Police Release Sketch of Suspect in Hyderabad Bombing, Bloomberg, August 29, 2007.
As terrorists strike at will across the country, good intelligence is appearing to be a major chink in India's anti-terror armour. Though some of our intelligence operatives have been rated on par with the best in the business and have even earned the admiration of their international peers, overall, the country's intelligence set-up is simply inadequate for the challenge.
Untrained force can't tackle motivated terrorists, Times of India, Augusst 30, 2007.
The anti-terror strategy that India has formulated so far lacks a nationwide actionable counterintelligence mechanism, as most of the Indian states do not have a proper counterintelligence wing in their police departments to get prior information of a possible attack and prevent the possible incident.
Kushal Jeena, India plans counterintelligence, United Press International, August 29, 2007.
Indian Railways has identified 185 railway stations all over the country that could be vulnerable to terrorist strikes and is taking measures to upgrade the security system, Union Minister of State for Railways R Velu has told Parliament.
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