Indian Open - Doubtful? This is certainly not good news either for India or for badminton. 43 Dead In Bomb Blasts HYDERABAD, India (Reuters) - ... Bombs packed with metal pellets killed 43 people on Saturday (25 Aug) at a packed street food-stall and an amusement park. Police have found another dozen bombs -- fitted with timers and placed in plastic bags -- at bus stops, cinema halls, road junctions and pedestrian bridges across Hyderabad, capital of Andhra Pradesh state, after Saturday night's blasts in the city. Nearly 80 people, including women and children, were wounded by the three blasts that went off within the space of a few minutes. Some of the wounded were in critical condition. The police said each of the bombs also contained ammonium and were rigged with alarm clocks. Eleven people died in two blasts at the Lumbini amusement park during a laser light show, while 32 died in the explosion at the street food stall in the heart of the city's commercial district, police said. The blasts in Hyderabad, one of India's biggest cities, are the latest in a series of militant attacks in large urban centers in the past two years, including New Delhi and the commercial hub of Mumbai.
Yes, Hyderabad is a safe city. It's no more unsafe than any other large city occasionally targeted by deranged and fanatic people. I'd agree that Hyderabad is unsafe if you'd agree that New York, London, Tokyo and Madrid are unsafe (they too have been attacked, haven't they?). The crazies are everywhere... but that doesn't mean we must live in constant dread. All the best to the organizers of the Indian Open.
Let's just say that: starting yesterday, Hyderabad is in the same category as New York, London, Tokyo, Madrid, and Jakarta. Any city worty of organized terrorist attacks cannot be categorized as a safe city...
