Mumbai: Explosions shake India's financial hub
08:02, 14 July 2011
MUMBAI. July 14. KAZINFORM Three near-simultaneous explosions have shaken India's commercial capital Mumbai (Bombay), police say. Twenty-one people were killed and 113 injured, said Maharashtra state's Chief Minister, Prithviraj Chavan.
According to BBC News, he called the explosions, during Mumbai's busy evening rush-hour, "a co-ordinated attack by terrorists".
One explosion was reported in the Zaveri Bazaar, another in the Opera House business district and a third in Dadar district in the city centre.
Police sources were reported as saying the explosions were caused by home-made bombs.
Details also at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-14141454