Near simultaneous blasts in Mumbai kill at least 3 people

[Babur]

The only question is who was behind this but such blasts, hopefully more information will emerge.Often a member of the terrorist group involved would announce that they were behind such attacks, this was the case in Pune in 2010.The person who claimed responsibility for those attacks was based Waziristan.Interesting coincidence that today is Ajmal Kasab's birthday.

Near simultaneous blasts kill at least 3 in India's

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By Rajendra Jadhav
MUMBAI | Wed Jul 13, 2011 3:28pm BST
(Reuters) - Three almost simultaneous blasts rocked three different locations in India's financial capital of Mumbai during evening rush hour on Wednesday, killing at least three people, police said.

Police did not want to speculate on the nature of the blasts, two of which were in south Mumbai, while the third was in the centre of the coastal city. All three locations are crowded parts of the city, especially during rush hour.

India has remained jittery about the threat of militant strikes, especially since the Mumbai attacks in November 2008 which killed 166 people and raised tensions with arch rival Pakistan.

Television footage from CNN-IBN television channel showed some debris at one suspected blast site.

Police said at least 25 people were wounded.

A Home Ministry spokesman said it was too early to comment on the nature of the blasts.

"We were inside our office when we heard a huge noise. Outside there was a lot of commotion, we can see fire trucks are here and they have taken away two or three bodies," Jasraj Jain, a witness, told CNN-IBN television.

The popular Opera House area and Zaveri Bazaar in south Mumbai were where two of the blast occurred. The third blast was in Dadar, which is in the centre of the city.

New Delhi says Pakistan-based groups aid and train militants to carry out attacks against India, a claim Islamabad rejects.

Home-grown militant groups are also active in the country and have in the past few years carried out attacks in large cities.

(Writing by Paul de Bendern; Editing by Malini Menon and Nick Macfie

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/0...76C2X120110713

[Tiberios]

Sad. Very sad. Hopefully Pakistan isn't involved, but I certainly won't rule out them being involved.

[priam11]

Sad to say the least.

I will delay from speculation until more information becomes available. I am in that kind of mood today.

[Babur]

Sad. Very sad. Hopefully Pakistan isn't involved, but I certainly won't rule out them being involved.

Perhaps but it is still too soon to blame them

Sad to say the least.

I will delay from speculation until more information becomes available. I am in that kind of mood today.

I agree,normally a terrorist group does take responsibility for such attacks.

[Tiberios]

Perhaps but it is still too soon to blame them

Indeed it is. I'm just inclined to believe they could somehow be involved. But we'll just have to see what happens.

[Babur]

Indeed it is. I'm just inclined to believe they could somehow be involved. But we'll just have to see what happens.

because today is Ajmal Kasab's birthday?

[Tiberios]

because today is Ajmal Kasab's birthday?

More because I wouldn't put it past them given the ISI support of Islamic militants, the general paranoia about India and the animosity between the two countries.

[athanaric]

because today is Ajmal Kasab's birthday?

Is that his real name? Reads like Qassâb (butcher). Coincidence?

[Gumpfendorfer]

Why Mumbai?? Long story, in short there has been a tug of war between the ISI and its Indian counterpart RAW for decades, its basically a proxy war within a proxy war, both sides use criminal gangs to fight it out. Mumbai as a large port city has traditionally many and large crime cartels and is easy accessible from the sea. The route Karachi-Mumbai to smuggle illegal goods and people is notorious. The most infamous gangster of all is this guy: http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat...eda_and_th.php he is now in a safe house in Karachi, his network is still in tact. RAW has been using Hindu fanatics linked to criminals to go after Dawood.

I am not surprised that it happens now, there might be a link with the blowing up of the Orion planes at the Karachi naval base, which are used to control the sea lanes in and out of Karachi. They will try and do something bigger than this.

Mumbai is simply the most easy and obvious choice.

[Babur]

Why Mumbai?? Long story, in short there has been a tug of war between the ISI and its Indian counterpart RAW for decades, its basically a proxy war within a proxy war, both sides use criminal gangs to fight it out. Mumbai as a large port city has traditionally many and large crime cartels and is easy accessible from the sea. The route Karachi-Mumbai to smuggle illegal goods and people is notorious. The most infamous gangster of all is this guy: http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat...eda_and_th.php he is now in a safe house in Karachi, his network is still in tact. RAW has been using Hindu fanatics linked to criminals to go after Dawood.

Dawood Ibrahim supposedly has ties with the ISI, India has asked Pakistan to hand him over but to no avail

I am not surprised that it happens now, there might be a link with the blowing up of the Orion planes at the Karachi naval base, which are used to control the sea lanes in and out of Karachi. They will try and do something bigger than this.

so the militancy is spilling over into neighbouring countries?

Mumbai is simply the most easy and obvious choice.

sadly yeah

Is that his real name? Reads like Qassâb (butcher). Coincidence?

yeah it is, interesting coincidence actually.

[Gumpfendorfer]

so the militancy is spilling over into neighbouring countries?

Not towards that part of India, talking has resumed between India and Pakistan, plenty of people wanted to end that sooner than later.

[Babur]

Not towards that part of India, talking has resumed between India and Pakistan, plenty of people wanted to end that sooner than later.

such as certain individuals within the ISI?

[Thanatos]

Great. And I'm about to go to India in about three days for half a month...

[Babur]

Great. And I'm about to go to India in about three days for half a month...

whereabouts btw?

[Gumpfendorfer]

Great. And I'm about to go to India in about three days for half a month...

It's relative, the chances of dying of a food poisoning are far greater, or getting run over by a car.

[Thanatos]

All over the subcontinent, to be honest. I sincerely hope nothing else blows up while I'm there.

[Babur]

All over the subcontinent, to be honest. I sincerely hope nothing else blows up while I'm there.

Just be careful I guess

[hellheaven1987]

All over the subcontinent, to be honest. I sincerely hope nothing else blows up while I'm there.

Sounds dangerous, becareful not wondering around alone.

[Thanatos]

I will admit that I am curious, however. Is the point of bombings in India primarily to maximize a kill count, or to attack a specific religious/national/ethnic group? Is there even a pattern?

[Visna]

I will admit that I am curious, however. Is the point of bombings in India primarily to maximize a kill count, or to attack a specific religious/national/ethnic group? Is there even a pattern?

Some of the more notorious Indian terrorist groups are:

Indian Mujahideen
They primarily target Hindus, but seem pretty relaxed about "collateral damage".

Lashkar-e-Taiba
Jews and Hindus are their targets of choice. But also anyone else at the wrong place at the wrong time.

Other attacks in India are primarily related to Hindu nationalism or seperatist movements. But the big sinner imo is the proxy war fought between Pakistan and India. Both sides use terrorist groups in a really, really dirty game of tit-for-tat.

There have been lots of very violent and bloody attacks, but it generally seems like they go for maximum publicity, and whether they achieve that through a high death toll or symbolic targets seems to be fairly irrelevant to them.