HYDERABAD (India), Nov 25: At least seven people were killed and three injured on Tuesday in an explosion at a dynamite factory in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

The blast occurred at the Indian Dynamite in Kukatpally, on the outskirts of the Andhra Pradesh state capital Hyderabad, said a senior police official.

“We have recovered seven bodies. The search for more is still on. We don’t yet know the reasons for the blast or how it happened,” the official said. —AFP

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