Finger pointed at Pakistan for Bombay blast
Indian police are on heightened alert after two car bombs killed 46 people and injured over 140.
The bombs placed in two taxis exploded around lunch time central Bombay.
No one has yet claimed responsibility.
The first blast was close to Zaveri Bazar, the city’s bustling gold market, situated near a Hindu temple.
The second explosion took place in an area populated with tourists, between the Gateway of India, a monumental archway built by the Raj, and the Taj Mahal hotel.
The recent atrocity bore the hallmark of attacks perpetrated in the past by the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), in collaboration with the Pakistan-based Kashmiri militant group Lashkar e-Taiba, according to Indian Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani.
The attacks are of a similar scale to the 1993 Bombay blasts which killed at least 260 people.
Pakistan foreign ministry spokesman Masood Khan said the most recent attacks were “acts of terrorism”.
“We deplore these attacks and sympathise with the victims and their families. Such wanton targeting of civilians should be condemned in the strongest possible terms,” the spokesman said.
