Indian police have detained four men for questioning about bombings that killed 20 people at a temple and train station in Hinduism’s holiest city, a top state official said today.

Soldiers and police patrolled holy sites across India today following a series of bloody bombings in Hinduism’s holiest city, Varanasi.

Security forces were deployed to holy sites across India today after terror bombings killed 20 people in Hinduism’s holiest city, sparking anger among its residents and concerns of possible widespread sectarian violence.

In a likely suicide attack, unidentified militants blew up a security fence today and stormed a northern Indian Hindu shrine at the heart of a bitter sectarian dispute, setting off a fierce gunbattle with security personnel that left five other attackers dead.