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Body identified

Staff Reporter

HYDERABAD: The body of an 18-year-old man, who died in Friday's blast at the Mecca Masjid here, was on Saturday identified as that of Mohammed Riyaz of Metpally in Karimnagar district.

A bakery worker, Riyaz came to the State capital to attend a religious congregation at Pahadisherif on Saturday. He was offering prayers at the time of the blast.

Bahadurpura Tahsildar Ch. Chalapati Rao said Riyaz's relatives came to the city on Saturday evening after his photographs were published in vernacular dailies, and identified him..

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