He had just completed six weeks of his English course at Symbiosis. On Saturday night, 25-year-old Saied Abdol Khani from Iran was hanging out at German Bakery, when the blast killed him.

Pune, a university town, has 5 lakh students, 18,000 of them foreign nationals.

Since the blast was targeted at foreigners, the community is battling a wave of insecurity.

NDTV: Is there a sense of fear among foreign students?

Vox: I think so. It's little worrying. You just feel a little less secure, but I have a feeling it's going to be really okay. It's just that you have to be a little more careful.

Vox: We just have to be careful about not going to crowded places.

Vox: I think it's better I do not tell my family that something bad happened...they will think the whole of Pune is dangerous if I tell them there was a bomb blast in one cafe.

Vox: I have been here for six months and I felt very, very safe. And now I have to ask myself should I go there or not.

The biggest chunk of Pune's foreign students' community is from Africa and the Middle East. A few also come on exchange programmes from the West.

Institutes like Symbiosis are sending emails to assure parents, and advisories to students to stay alert.

''Unfortunately we lost a student from Iran and three others are injured. So overall in Symbiosis they are feeling low. Now parents are anxious. Parents are calling, asking not to let students go out. There has been a wave of insecurity,'' said Vidya Yeravdekar, Principal, Symbiosis.