Bombs rocked Mumbai
and
killed more than 20
people
in jewelry and financial
districts in the first
major
terror attack since
Islamist
gunmen from Pakistan
killed 175 in a multi-day
attack in November
2008.
Indian officials said the
blasts had killed 21
people
and wounded more
than
100, and that the toll
was
expected to rise. The
Indian government did
not
assign blame for
today's
attack. It has blamed
the
Pakistani-based
militant
group Lashkar-e-Taiba
for the 2008 Mumbai
attack, and has
accused
the Pakistani
government
of aiding the earlier
attack.
The Pakistani
government
was quick to issue a
statement
condemning
today's attack.
A bomb exploded in
Mumbai's jewelry
market at
around 7 p.m. local
time,
followed quickly by a
second blast in the
Opera
House business district
and a third bomb in a
crowded central
Mumbai
neighborhood. At least
one
of the explosions
reportedly involved a
vehicle bomb.