Source: Reuters India
HYDERABAD, India (Reuters) - A bomb exploded during Friday prayers at a historic mosque in Hyderabad, killing at least seven people, police said.
More than 50 people were injured, including several boys, at Mecca Masjid, the main mosque in the capital of Andhra Pradesh.
Thousands of worshippers were praying at the sprawling mosque at the time of the blast.
Officials said the death toll could rise and three other crude bombs were defused as crowds, angered by the attack, clashed with police around the mosque.
"I had just said my prayers and there was a blast. Suddenly I was hit by a rock," Naseeruddin, 45, told Reuters as he lay in hospital, his head wrapped in a blood-stained white bandage.
"When I looked up, another rock hit my face. Then I fell unconscious," the street vendor said. Nearby, other wounded men groaned in pain as their relatives kept watch.