Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Bombs in Mumbai

Reuters

"MUMBAI (Reuters) - At least 135 people were killed and hundreds injured in seven bomb explosions on packed commuter trains and stations on Tuesday in Mumbai, India's financial hub, officials said.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the evening rush hour attacks, the worst in the city for more than a decade.

But suspicion was likely to center on Muslim militants fighting New Delhi's rule in disputed Kashmir, who have been blamed for several bomb attacks in India in the past. ....."

This is very sad. Sujeet has relatives in Mumbai and I'm praying they are OK. Hopefully they don't take those particular commuter trains, or they may not ever take the trains. When attacks happen in the US or UK or other western countries, it becomes a huge deal (well yes 9-11 was a huge deal, over 3000 killed...). But in India they deal with this much more often. Just in March, a couple days after Sujeet left Varanasi, India there were bombs at train stations there, only about 2 miles from Sujeet's family's house.

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