Indian police question four over Pune bombing

The restaurant was packed with diners at the time of the blast

Four people are being questioned in connection with Saturday's deadly blast in the western Indian city of Pune, police say.

Police Commissioner Satyapal Singh said one of those injured had died in hospital, raising the death toll to 10.

At least 56 others were wounded in the attack at the German Bakery restaurant, which is popular with tourists.

The bombing was the first major strike of its kind in India since the deadly Mumbai attacks in November 2008.

One of the suspects had been taken in for questioning in Pune and another in the neighbouring industrial township of Pimpri, news agency Press Trust of India (PTI) reported. Television news channels said two others had been detained in Aurangabad, about 200kms (120 miles) from Pune.

'Unattended package'

Mr Singh told reporters a student, 24, admitted to Inlaks Budhrani hospital after the blast, had died on Monday night.

Forensic reports suggested substances used in the explosion had included RDX, ammonium nitrate and petroleum hydrocarbon, he added.

The explosion tore through the German Bakery restaurant, on North Main Road, at about 1900 local time (1330 GMT), when it was packed with diners.

Reports said an unattended package exploded when a waiter in the restaurant attempted to open it.

The German Bakery is near the Osho Ashram, a mystic centre popular with visitors to Pune.

The Chabad centre, run by the Jewish Orthodox Chabad-Lubavitch movement, whose members were targeted in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, is also in the area.

The Indian home ministry has advised all state governments to be on high alert.

The blast came a day after India and Pakistan agreed to meet for talks in Delhi - their first formal negotiations since the Mumbai attacks of November 2008.

India blamed Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistan-based militant organisation, for the attacks in which more than 170 people, including nine gunmen, died.

Afghan police kill seven civilians 'by mistake'

Afghan police have shot dead seven villagers near the Pakistani border after mistaking them for insurgents, police officials said.

The seven young men were collecting firewood after dark in the southern town of Spin Boldak, a common transit route for Taliban militants.

Six officers have been detained for questioning, the local commander said.

There is widespread anger over civilian deaths in Afghanistan. More than 2,400 were killed in fighting last year.

UN figures show that more than 70% were victims of Taliban attacks, but many Afghans say the deaths would not occur if foreign troops were not in the country.

President Hamid Karzai has repeatedly warned that civilian killings undermine support for his administration and the US-led military effort there.