Mumbai blasts
1/12

1.30 pm, 84 killed

The Bombay Stock Exchange today. The first explosion was reported from here, the RDX being packed in a car and left in the underground parking lot. 84 persons were killed in the blast.

Mumbai blasts
2/12

2.15 pm, 5 killed

The 2nd blast was reported in 45 minutes from Katha Bazaar in South Mumbai, a wholesale grains market and one of the most crowded areas in the city. Two taxis were blown up, killing five and injuring 16.

Mumbai blasts
3/12

2.30 pm, 4 killed

15 minutes later came the third blast of the day, at the petrol pump next to Shiv Sena Bhavan in Dadar, killing four. The saving grace was that the terrorists' intention to target the Sena headquarters failed.

Mumbai blasts
4/12

2.33 pm, 20 killed

At 1.33 pm the fourth blast of the day ripped through the Air India building at Nariman Point, killing 20.

Mumbai blasts
5/12

2.45 pm, 3 killed

A Maruti van pulled up at the Machchimar Nagar fishermen's colony in Mahim west, lobbed grenades and fled. The blast killed three.

Mumbai blasts
6/12

2.45 pm, 113 killed

The blast at Worli, near Century Bhavan-Regional Passport Office, was so powerful that a double-decker bus was flung aside as it were a toy, buildings had their facade brought down, and the death toll was the highest. 113 persons were killed in the explosion.

Mumbai blasts
7/12

3 pm, 17 killed

A taxi blew up at the city's gold market, Zaveri Bazaar, at 3 pm, killing 17 people.

Mumbai blasts
8/12

3.10 pm

At 3.10 pm Mumbai suburbs' iconic 5-star hotel, SeaRock International, located on a promenade the Khans of Bollywood would later claim as their own, was wrecked in an explosion which brought down an entire wing. Fortunately no deaths or injuries were reported here, but the hotel shut down. It was razed in 2010 and the Taj group, which bought the property (and which owns the Taj Land's end just across the road), now plans to rebuild another 5-star hotel at the site.

Mumbai blasts
9/12

3.15 pm, 10 killed

Dadar's famous Plaza Cinema, associated in the past with filmmaker V Shantaram, was the next target, at 3.15 pm. 10 persons were killed in the blast that badly damaged the hotel.

Mumbai blasts
10/12

3.20 pm, 3 hurt

The 10th blast was reported from Hotel Juhu Centaur, in which three persons were injured. The hotel has since changed hands and is now known as the Tulip Star though locals continue to refer to it by its old name.

Mumbai blasts
11/12

3.30 pm

Cars entering and departing the Sahar airport were not manned as rigorously as they are today, so miscreants managed to fling hand grenades over the airport's perimeter and flee. Luckily, no one was injured.

Mumbai blasts
12/12

3.40 pm, 2 killed

The last blast of Black Friday was reported at the Airport Centaur at 3.40 pm, killing two. The hotel is today owned by the Sahara group, and is called the Sahara Star.