«*» RUKHSANA«*» Mumbai Blasts: Photos

 

 

Serial blasts struck Mumbai Wednesday evening, less than three years after the 26/11 terrorist attacks of 2008. The three blasts, in sequence, were timed at 6.30 pm, 6.45 pm, and 7 pm IST, and targeted in that order Zaveri Bazaar, Opera House and the Kabutarkhana area of Dadar West. Zaveri Bazaar, centre of the jewellery industry, is adjacent the iconic Mumbadevi temple from which the city derives its name; both Zaveri Bazaar and Kabutarkhana were also targeted in the 1993 serial blasts.

Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday described Wednesday's three serial explosions Mumbai as unfortunate and warned that every city of India was vulnerable to coordinated attacks by terrorists.

 

# At last one blast was caused by Taliban-style improvised explosive device
# All three were 'coordinated', striking in three different areas simultaneously
# Indian PM Manmohan Singh calls for 'calm' and a 'united face'
# U.S president Barack Obama condemns 'deplorable' terrorist attacks 

 

Three co-ordinated explosions rocked Mumbai during rush-hour today, killing at least 21 people and injuring 113.   One hundred others have been injured in the attack, the worst since the Islamist gunmen ran amok in the city three years ago.   Blood-covered bodies lay on Mumbai streets and people hugged and wept. Others carried the wounded to taxis.     The first blast struck the Jhaveri Bazaar at 6.54pm, tearing through the famous jewellery market.   A minute later, a blast hit the busy business district of Opera House, several miles away in southern Mumbai.   At 7:05 p.m., the third bomb exploded in the crowded neighborhood of Dadar in central Mumbai.