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| Many dead in Bombay blasts |
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| jaihoon |
| 08/25/03 at 08:00:06 |
| Many dead in Bombay blasts bbc.co.uk At least 40 people have been killed after two powerful explosions struck the Indian city of Bombay, also known as Mumbai, police officials have told the BBC. Dozens more have been injured in the blasts, in the country's commercial capital. One explosion, caused by a car bomb, happened at the Gateway of India, the city top tourist attraction, police say. Witnesses described scenes of chaos as the blasts shook buildings; telephone lines were jammed as panicked residents called family and friends. At least one other explosion took place near the Mumba Devi temple in central Bombay. "There were legs and hands lying on top and inside my taxi," a local cab driver, whose clothes were covered in blood, told Reuters news agency. "I had a miraculous escape." The force of the blast threw a number of people into the sea. There are reports of two other blasts but these cannot be immediately confirmed. No organisation has said it carried out the attacks. Thrown into sea Pakistan - India's traditional rival in the region and its neighbour - has condemned the bomb blast. BOMBAY BLASTS July 2003: Three killed in bus blast Mar 2003: 11 killed in commuter train Jan 2003: 30 injured in market attack Dec 2002: 23 injured at McDonald's outlet Dec 2002: Two killed in bus blast Mar 1993: More than 250 killed in serial blasts "We deplore these attacks. We condemn all acts of terrorism and I think that such wanton targeting of civilians should be condemned in the strongest possible terms," Foreign Ministry spokesman Masood Khan said. Sniffer dogs are being used to check whether any of the other cars in the parking lot adjacent to the Gateway of India had any explosives. "The building we were in shook and we heard a loud noise," Ingrid Alva, a public relations consultant, told the Associated Press. "I rushed out and saw the crowds at the Gateway of India... We saw some body parts lying around, before we were told to move away by police." Police issued security alerts for Bombay and Delhi after the explosions, calling police officers back from leave in case of further trouble, AP reported. Previous blasts The city has been prey to a string of deadly bomb attacks since December last year, with the most recent, on a bus, killing three people in July. Police blamed that attack on Pakistan's Lashkar-e-Toiba Islamic militant group. Lashkar-e-Toiba is one of the two Pakistani rebel groups that Delhi blames for the December 2001 militant attack on its parliament which left 15 people dead, including five attackers. The latest attacks also coincided with the release of a report on the controversial religious site at Ayodhya. The dispute has been blamed for previous explosions in Bombay. In the early 1990s hundreds of people were killed in a series of bomb blasts which rocked the city. Those attacks were seen as retaliation for Muslim deaths following Hindu-Muslim riots. |
| Re: Many dead in Bombay blasts |
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| humble_muslim |
| 08/25/03 at 11:18:07 |
| AA Well what can we say? I'm feeling really sick inside both by this act and the potential repurcussions. May Allah SWT protect the innocent. |
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