Three simultaneous blasts killed 20 people and injured dozens more in Mumbai

Three simultaneous blasts killed 20 people and injured dozens more in Mumbai today, in the deadliest attack on India’s commercial capital since the traumatic 2008 assault by Islamist militants.

The bombs exploded in busy districts in the south of the city, the same area targeted two and half years ago by militant gunmen who caused mayhem and bloodshed during a 60-hour siege that left 166 people dead.

“It is another attack on the heart of India, another attack on Mumbai,” said the chief minister of the state, Prithviraj Chavan, who hinted at possible foreign involvement by saying it was a “challenge to Indian sovereignty.”

The Home Ministry said at least 20 people had been killed and 113 injured, many of them seriously.

The targets included a predominantly middle class residential area, a wholesale gold market, and a building housing diamond traders and jewellery shops.

All three explosions went off within a 15-minute period, starting at around 6:50pm (1320 GMT).

No group claimed responsibility for the attack, though suspicions initially fell on two Islamist groups that have targeted India in the past: the home-grown Indian Mujahideen and the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).

US President Barack Obama was among the first to condemn the bombings.

With the recent Grand Central trail derailment in NYC and train bombings in India, sounds like the terrorists are increasing their activity, not decreasing!