Holy city bombings death toll reaches 20

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.

A mob of angry Hindus briefly blocked the motorcade of Mulayam Singh Yadav, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh state, when he visited the scene of yesterday’s bombings at a crowded railway station and temple in the northern city of Varanasi on the holy Ganges River.