India | Updated May 08, 2006 at 12:27am IST

Blast in Hyderabad cinema hall, 5 hurt

Hyderabad: A crude bomb expolded at Odean theatre on RTC cross road in Hyderabad at around 2225 hrs IST on Sunday night.

In the stampede that followed five people were injured with one of the woman stated to be serious.

The blast occured at the balcony of Odean Cinema, where the night show of a Telugu movie was on, after the interval,

police said.

Furnitures of the theatre were damaged, they said adding that senior police officers have rushed to the spot along

with the bomb squad.

The theatre was vacated and search was going on for any explosives, police added.

Hyderabad Commissioner of Police AK Mohanty said it was a very low intensity blast. He added that such bombs are common in Andhra Pradesh.

Police also said it was not a planted bomb but somebody might have carried it inside the hall.

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