Terrorists Hit Bombay Trains and Stations With At Least Nine Bombs - Indian Officials Call Plot the Killed At Least 190 People A Conspiracy

July 11th 2006

India

At least eight bombs exploded on commuter trains and in rail stations during the evening rush hour Tuesday in Bombay, India. The Hindu News agency in India reports that at least 190 persons were killed in the explosions and at lest 625 were injured.

As rescue workers helped shocked passengers from the wreckage, authorities were calling the explosions a synchronized terrorist attack. Although there have not been any claims for responsibility, the local authorities say that previous attacks in Bombay were committed by Muslim groups motivated by sectarian hatred.

Vilasrao Deshmukh, the chief minister of Maharashtra state told a local television station that “This is a painful incident. I see this as a part of a larger conspiracy." Just a few hours before the blasts a series of grenade attacks killed at least eight Indian tourists and injured more than 30 other people in the summer capital of the Indian controlled portion of Kashmir called Srinagar. Comment on this article at our Forum

The explosions occurred between 6 and 6:30 p.m. This is the busiest time for the Bombay transit system. There have been reports of rescue workers collecting scattered limbs and bundling them up to send to the hospital.

Kashmir has been a disputed territory between India and Pakistan. President Bush said that the United States will stand with India in the war on terrorism. "Such acts only strengthen the resolve of the international community to stand united against terrorism and to declare unequivocally that there is no justification for the vicious murder of innocent people," he said.