The explosions occurred almost simultaneously at three points in the city. The Indian Interior Ministry confirms that it is a terrorist attack. Police urged citizens to restrict their movements. At least 21 people were killed and more than 100 injured Wednesday in a string of explosions in Bombay, in the first major terrorist action in this Indian city from the multiple attack of 2008. The explosions occurred shortly before 7: 00 local hours (15.30 peninsular Spanish time) in an interval of fifteen minutes at three different points in the South and center of the crowded financial capital of India, according to official sources.
Two of the blasts occurred in the southern part of the city; here an artifact located in an umbrella exploded in a popular jewelry market Zaveri aka, while another exploded in the vicinity of an opera. A third explosion took place in a vehicle in the vicinity of a railway station of the area of Dadar, located in the center of Bombay. We ran and we saw a great cloud of smoke. When the smoke dissipated we saw Chuck people on the floor dying screaming in pain, told IANS Agency a witness to the explosion in the area of opera. The attacked spots are crowded residential areas. The vicej of the regional government, Umesh Sarangi, encrypted in 21 dead and 113 in the wounded, according to various media of the Asian country reported. In statements to the press, the Indian Minister of the Interior, p. Chidambaram, who has moved to Bombay, called coordinated attack of terrorist actions. In a statement, the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, asked the population to keep calm and to keep together.
| July 7th, 2013 | Posted in General |