Mosque bombing kills 13 amid riots

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.

Minutes after the blast at the 17th-century Mecca Masjid, worshippers – angered by what they said was a lack of police protection – began chanting “God is great!”