Terror revisits Mumbai
Three explosions have taken place in Mumbai on Wednesday evening - two in South Mumbai at Opera House and in Zaveri Bazar and one at Dadar West, in central Mumbai. The Home Ministry has confirmed a terrorist attack and Mumbai is on high alert. All blasts took place during rush hour and in crowded places. Eyewitnesses said about 15 to 20 people have taken to hospital in Zaveri Bazar. Reports said six people had died in the Dadar blast, four in the Zaveri Bazaar blast.
Jul 13, 2011 19:55 IST
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Three bomb blasts within 12 minutes during Mumbai's rush hour on Wednesday have left at least 18 people dead and over 130 injured. The first blast took place at 6.54 pm in Zaveri Bazaar in South Mumbai, a crowded market named for the many small jewelry stores that fill its narrow streets. A minute later, there was an explosion at Opera House, also in South Mumbai; the final strike was at 7.06 pm near Kabutarkhana at Dadar West in Central Mumbai.
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Police officers inspect the debris, covered under blue sheets at the Opera House, one of the three site of an explosion in Mumbai.
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Indian police officers patrol in rain near Zaveri bazar.
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A child looks out from a torn plastic sheet to watch police near Zaveri bazar, one of three sites of explosions in Mumbai.
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Mumbai Blasts: The Morning After
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Mumbai Blasts: The Morning After
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Mumbai Blasts: The Morning After
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People look at the photo of a missing person to try and identify him at the J.J. hospital morgue in Mumbai. (AP Photo)
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People wait outside the morgue of J.J. hospital to claim the bodies of their relatives who died in bomb explosions. (AP Photo)
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A police official receives a dead body of a bomb blast victim for post mortem at the mortuary of The J. J. Hospital in Mumbai.
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People wait outside the morgue of J.J. hospital to claim the bodies of their relatives.
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People wait outside the morgue of J.J. hospital to claim the bodies of their relatives.
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Home Minister P Chidambaram looks around as he visits the blast site at Opera house in Mumbai.
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