Police seek Mumbai bombs evidence

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Police seek Mumbai bombs evidence
Injured passenger being carried from train
The blast occurred at the height of the evening rush hour
Indian police are hunting for clues as to who was behind Tuesday's bomb attacks on Mumbai's train network which killed 183 people and injured 714. Bomb squads and sniffer dogs are combing the wrecked carriages where the seven co-ordinated blasts occurred. Police have carried out a series of raids across Maharashtra, the state in which Mumbai (Bombay) lies. Mumbai is India's financial capital and the near-simultaneous blasts happened at the height of the evening rush hour. Life is slowly limping back to normal, with most of the trains on the city's suburban railway system running on schedule. Some commuters preferred to travel to work by road instead of taking the train service. "I am too terrified after yesterday's incident. My friend's father was injured in one of the explosions. I couldn't muster up the courage to take the train to work today," a commuter, Venuka Bharadwaj told the BBC. Amputations More than 12 hours after the attacks many people are still frantically searching for relatives, travelling from hospital to hospital for news of the injured. A spokesman for the chief minister's office told the BBC that 127 bodies had been identified by Wednesday morning.
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We saw bodies lying around - it was horrifying
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"Doctors are still working, there are operations going on, there are amputations going on, a lot of people have suffered multiple injuries," Anumeha Yadav, a reporter for the Indian Express, told the BBC's World Today programme. No-one has yet claimed responsibility for the attacks, which the Indian government says were highly planned. The blasts all happened in fast trains and inside first class carriages on the Western Railway, one of Mumbai's three main train networks. Skeleton service The city's suburban train system is one of the busiest in the world, carrying more than six million commuters a day.
Relatives of bomb victims outside Mumbai hospital
Anxious relatives are still waiting for news of their loved ones
The fast trains run on separate fast tracks - trains on the adjacent slow tracks are now moving. In the immediate aftermath of the blasts the city's entire rail network was shut down, stranding hundreds of thousands of people in the city overnight. Many spent the night at the homes of relatives or were put up in schools and colleges. BBC's Zubair Ahmed in Mumbai says that a skeleton service has now been restored and the railway authorities said they were hoping to restore two-thirds of the services by Wednesday afternoon. Appeal for calm Security has been increased in Mumbai and other Indian cities and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has appealed for people to "remain calm, not to believe rumours, and carry on their activity normally".

Police said the co-ordinated explosions took place at Matunga, Khar, Mahim, Jogeshwari, Borivali and Bhayandar, with most on moving trains and two at stations. The first blast went off at about 1830 local time (1300 GMT), during the rush hour. Correspondents spoke of scenes of pandemonium, with people jumping from trains and bodies flung onto tracks. An eyewitness at Mahim told the BBC some of those who had jumped from the train were run over by another train coming in the opposite direction. The force of the blasts ripped doors and windows off carriages, and scattered luggage. Clothes and shoes were strewn along the tracks. Compensation The Indian railway minister, Laloo Prasad Yadav, has announced financial help for the victims and their relatives. He said relatives of those killed will get 500,000 rupees ($11,000) each.
Injured man lying on bed
Mumbai's medical facilities were overwhelmed with casualties
He has promised jobs for the victims' relatives and said the railways would also bear treatment costs for the injured. The attacks are the worst in the city for more than a decade. More than 250 people died in a string of blasts in the city in 1993. Analysts say Mumbai has been a repeated target because it is a financial hub and a centre for the underworld.

The blasts came hours after suspected Islamic extremists killed seven people in grenade attacks in the summer capital of Kashmir, Srinagar.

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Posted: 19 years ago
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Originally posted by: *MrsMallu Date*

oh my god can u plz remove d frst n d last picture its very distubing plz! 😭



Mal..... true these pics are really disturbing to people who have sympathy.


There are some who are really happy 😕 so let them watch these pics, and collapse with excitement. 😡
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Posted: 19 years ago
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Originally posted by: *MrsMallu Date*

oh my god can u plz remove d frst n d last picture its very distubing plz! 😭



Yea plsss..I have seen enuf of all dis in the news..Cant take it any more😭
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Posted: 19 years ago
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omgoodnes this is soooo tragic!!!

i hope they track down who did this pretty quick and shoot them on the spot!!!!!!

im glad life for the ppl in mumbai is starting to get back to normal...but to get out of such a shock..itz gonna be really hard...

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Posted: 19 years ago
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police will search only after the incident happen

not before the event took place
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Posted: 19 years ago
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😭 😭 😭 omgg i hope d ppl who died R.I.P ....this is soooo sad! 😭
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Posted: 19 years ago
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omg.... 😭 😭 ....i hate this....
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Posted: 19 years ago
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shit man
all this chaos is going on, people dont know what the hell to do.
and on top of that Laloo is Railway Minister.
i am surprised atleast he is doing something.
any ways, i cant wait until these terrorists are caught and killed.
they should be killed in such a way and on tv so that no body will ever think about doing a bomb blast in mumbai ever again.

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Posted: 19 years ago
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I just feel reeeeeally sorry for them....especially that last pic in the article.....and also i feel sorry for the relatives.......
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Posted: 19 years ago
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This is so sad! I really hope that everyone is safe. 😭

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