Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Some very familiar pictures of trains opened up like sardine cans, and what's likely to be some very familiar perpetrators: Bombs hit trains in Mumbai, at least 135 dead
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the evening rush hour attacks, the worst in the city for more than a decade.
But suspicion was likely to center on Muslim militants fighting New Delhi's rule in disputed Kashmir, who have been blamed for several bomb attacks in India in the past.
City Police Commissioner A.N. Roy told Reuters 135 people were killed while Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, the state's top elected official, said 300 people were injured in the blasts, which took place in the space of around 10 minutes...
Update: A round-up of links here, at Captain's Quarters. Giant-sized round-up at Pajamas Media.
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