Mumbai bomb blast attacks: 18 dead, 131 injured

[Bose-DK]

Mumbai woke to a rainy morning in the aftermath of its first terror attack since 26/11. And was back at work - office-goers filling buses and local trains, children off to school.

Last evening, the date 13/7 got added to Mumbai's tragic terror calendar despite the special hubs the city now has for tackling terror strikes - there were three blasts within 12 minutes, the first two in South Mumbai at Zaveri Bazaar and at Opera House and the last at Dadar in Central Mumbai. Eighteen people have died and 131 are injured. The city has been sealed and is on high alert; so are Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata and Bangalore. (Read: High alert in cities across India)

Through the night, the hospitals in Mumbai were in overdrive. At JJ hospital, the only hospital where post-mortems are being done, the famil
Sources said earlier that seven Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) may have been used in the three blasts. At a bus stop in Dadar, the IED was planted inside an electrical box; outside the popular snack shops in Zaveri Bazaar in South Mumbai, the IED was placed on a motorcycle under an umbrella; next to Opera House, the device, police say, was placed in a ditch on the road.
As the explosions stabbed Mumbai last night, the city kept its calm. Mid-day newspaper reported that the city's trains were running on time on the Central and Western lines. Tough lessons learnt from the city's 26/11 attacks prompted the Mumbai Police to send a mass text message to all cellphone users in the minutes after the blasts, warning people to stay indoors.

On Twitter and Facebook, strangers reached out, volunteering their homes to those lost or stuck, offering blood to hospitals and families of those injured. Under siege yet again, the city tried to protect itself.

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. (Read: Zaveri Bazaar on terrorists' hit list since 1993)

The injured are being treated at KEM (022-24136051), Nair (022-23085379), Harkishandas (022-23855555/30095555), Saifee (022-67570111).

[Santy]

Oopss, as per the latest news, i heard that 6 More bombs found in different parts of Mumbai . Worli , cuff parade , prabhadevi , bandra East , Marine Drive NCPA informed by the Intellegence and police still not able to discover them. Please don't go to all these places and stay at home .

God help Mumbai !!

[Anvita]

This is really insane how people died in the bomblast. See the live cctv footage which was captured during the blast. It was just the same common day as it is always, and passers pass by without the any feel of what worst will appear withing few seconds of time. There must be a strong protest against the blast, against those who were involved and against the people who work for the government, get paid and still cannot stop this.

Live CCTV Footage of Bomblast on 13 July

[Dude111]

Very sad

[neel5]

Yes, still no action against anyone. I doubt that the investigation team got any clue or not. Clue in the sense perfect evidence, not just nailing anyone.

Very sad