A bomb ripped through a historic south India mosque as Friday prayers ended, sparking riots that left 13 people dead and 35 wounded after a day of violence and raising fears of Hindu-Muslim clashes in Hyderabad, a city long plagued by spasms of inter-religious bloodletting.

A bomb ripped through a historic mosque as Friday prayers were ending in southern India, killing at least five people and wounding more than two dozen, officials said.

At least five people were killed and several wounded when a bomb exploded at a historic mosque in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, a police official said.