Train bombings in India - at least 40 dead

[theHawk]

Looks like a pretty bad terrorist attack -

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/07/11/mumbai.blasts/index.html

MUMBAI, India (CNN) -- At least 40 people have been killed in seven explosions on crowded rush-hour commuter trains in the Indian financial capital of Mumbai, police said.

More than 100 people were injured in the blasts, which took place between 6:20 and 7 p.m. (1250 and 1330 GMT) when the trains were packed with commuters making their way home.

A correspondent for CNN's sister network, CNN-IBN, reported seeing 15 bodies at the Matunga train station.

Video from one station showed people with blood on them being treated, other commuters carrying victims and some people lying motionless near train tracks.

At least one train was split in half by the explosion.

Mumbai's subway system was put on red alert following the blasts on trains in the city's western suburbs, and police in the capital New Delhi also heightened security.

Airports across India were also put on high alert, and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called an emergency meeting of his ministers after the explosions.

The blasts hit trains or platforms at the Khar, Mahim, Matunga, Jogeshwari, Borivili and Bhayander stations, in that order. Another hit a train between the Khar and Santa Cruz stations, a police official told CNN-IBN.

One CNN-IBN correspondent who was on a train hit by an explosion said the train was just leaving the station when the blast occurred. Several people jumped from the train and were killed when they were hit by the train.

"Limbs (are) lying everywhere, bodies (were) cleared from the tracks by local business owners who rushed from their shops," the correspondent said.

On March 7, 14 people were killed in attacks on a temple and a rail station in Varansi. On March 12, 1993, more than 250 people were killed in Mumbai when 13 bombs exploded in several locations in the city.

The city's commuter rail network is among the most crowded in the world.

 

[akiboy]

This is a sad day for the city of Mumbai and to the ongoing Indo-pakistan peace process!!! 8 BLOODY BLASTS IN THE VARIOUS RAILWAY NETWORK ON MUMBAI!!! Over 6 million people travel in this network. Startling evidence has shown that there were grenade blasts in Kashmir and then followed the blasts in Mumbai. The Pakistani funded terrorist group ( India's Number 1 pain in the ass ) has denied involvement. The question remains ' Who has done it? " . The citizens of Mumbai are cruelly reminded of the blasts which ripped apart the city in Mumbai 2 years back when there was a huige blast near the Gateway of India and in commuter buses in the suburbs. There is currently a high level meeting in New Delhi between the PM and the Defence Secretary. The Defence Sec has said there is a 100% connection between the blasts in Kashmir and the blasts in Mumbai. The Govt has evidence that it is a terrorist group operating in the Kashmiri-Pakistani region which has carried out these attacks!! I pray this doesnt hamper the peace processes between India - Pakistan. God help us if such an attack happens again to this city which has a population of 20million+.

AkShay

 

[akiboy]

I dont think its 40 dead . New Delhi Televison shows that its a 100 or so dead!!!

 

[1549]

My girlfriend is Indian...I hope none of her relatives were harmed in the attacks. Fortunately, I believe most of them live in Southern India.