Three bombs rocked crowded districts of Mumbai during rush hour on Wednesday, killing at least 21 people and injuring 113 others. India has remained jittery about the threat of militant strikes, especially since the November 2008 attacks which killed 166 people.
At least 113 people were wounded on Wednesday and preliminary reports showed the death toll had risen to 21 in the "terror attacks" centred mainly on Mumbai's jewellery trading centres, a senior government official said."This is another attack on the heart of India, heart of Mumbai. We will fully meet challenge, we are much better prepared than 26/11," Prithviraj Chavan, the state's chief minister, told a TV channel, referring to the 2008 attacks.
Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram also said "terrorists" were to blame. "The blast occurred at about 6.45 pm (1315 GMT) within minutes of each other. Therefore, we infer that this was a coordinated attack by terrorists," Chidambaram told reporters.
At least one car and a motorbike were used in the coordinated attacks believed to have used improvised explosive devices, officials said. "This tactic is much more in line with those used by more amateurish groups such as the Indian Mujahideen who have targeted crowded urban areas before," Stratfor, a strategic affair think tank, said in a statement.
Television images showed blaring ambulances carrying away the bloodied people at one of the attack sites. Other images showed bodies lying among glass and metal debris in narrow streets. At the Dadar area in central Mumbai, one of the explosions left car windows shattered and uprooted electric poles. Police used sniffer dogs to look for clues while the public helped paramedics carry away some of the injured.
JEWELLERY MARKETS The biggest blast occurred at the Opera House, once housing operas and now an area selling diamond jewellery and a hub for diamond traders in the city.
"We came outside, and the area was filled with black smoke. There were bodies lying all over the street, there was lots of blood... We saw many bodies missing arms and missing legs," said Aagam Doshi, a local merchant and witness said. "We began helping get the wounded on to motorcycles of diamond merchants...There were diamonds lying on the road everywhere."
Another blast, also in south Mumbai, was at the Zaveri Bazaar, India's largest bullion market. The third blast was at Dadar, in the centre of the city, near the main railway tracks."When I heard of the blast, I tried to call because I knew he was in Dadar. Next thing I know someone picked up the phone and said he was admitted to KEM (hospital) so I came here," said Rinku Vishwakarma, whose husband carpenter was injured in the Dadar blast. "I have no idea how badly he is injured. I'm looking frantically for someone to help.
"OBAMA OFFERS HELP U.S. President Barack Obama strongly condemned the attacks and offered support to bring the perpetrators to justice. Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani swiftly condemned Wednesday's blasts in a statement.
The home ministry ordered security heightened across the country.
India has got a chance to blame Pakistan like previous Mumbai attacks One of the official of home ministry has already blamed Lashkar e Tayaba and held it responsible that is indirect blame on Pakistan with in half an hour of bthe blasts. While, our coward authorities do not dare to name the culprit who is the enemy known to every Pakistani. This is the fear of USA too. It may have been conspiracy of India and USA to encircle Pakistan , gather forces on eastern border and punishe Pakistan for its recent disobedience. .
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