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Ghost Dog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-11-06 01:15 PM
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BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5169332.stm

Local reports said the bombs appeared to have targeted first-class compartments, as commuters were returning home from the city's financial district.

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A medical student at a hospital in Parel, which has received many of the wounded, told the BBC News website the "floors are filled with bloodstains".

"There were so many , I couldn't really count," Sunny Jain said.

"There are not enough ambulances and many people are making their own way to the station. They are coming in taxis and by foot."

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks, which are the worst in the city for more than a decade.

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Home Minister Shivraj Patil told reporters authorities had "some" information an attack was coming, "but place and time was not known".

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Correspondents say Tuesday's bombers could hardly have struck a target with greater impact - both practical and psychological.

The city's suburban train system is one of the busiest in the world, carrying more than six million commuters a day.

Times of India: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1733318.cms

Terror Tuesday: LeT, SIMI hand in Mumbai serial blasts

Terror attack on Mumbai trains was carried out by Lashkar-e Toiba and Students Islamic Movement of India activists to trigger communal conflagration, intelligence sources said.
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Over 140 killed in Mumbai serial blasts: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1733321.cms

The Hindu: http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/

140 dead, 257 injured as series of blasts rock Mumbai trains
Mumbai, July 11 (PTI): At least 140 people were killed and 257 injured in a string of seven terror blasts that tore through first class compartments of suburban trains around 6 p.m during the evening peak hour traffic here today.As the blasts ripped ...
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