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IN PICTURES: Mumbai's 3 deadly bomb blasts

Last updated on: July 13, 2011 22:38 IST


Three blasts rocked Mumbai's crowded Zaveri Bazar, Opera House and Dadar Kabootarkhana areas on Wednesday evening, killing 10 and injuring at least 100 people.

The first explosion took place at south Mumbai's Zaveri Bazaar, near the famous Mumbadevi temple, in which scores were injured, said Mumbai Police spokesperson Nisar Tamboli.

All pictures: Arun Patil

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The injured in the Zaveri Bazaar blast have been rushed to G T Hospital in Kalbadevi area.

IN PICTURES: Mumbai's 3 deadly bomb blasts


Fire brigade personnel at the blast site at Zaveri Bazaar.

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Members of the Bomb Squad and Mumbai police at Zaveri Bazaar.

 

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The blast site.

 

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The second explosion was reported in a car in central Mumbai's Dadar area. The blast at Dadar, according to ACP Madhukar Sankhe, has taken place inside the meter box on the bus stop and the car was parked near it.

Image: A police personnel points out the car which was parked near the bus stop

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The entire bus stop was blown away by the impact of the blast.

 

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A third blast was reported from Opera House in Charni Road. The blast occurred outside a building named City Chamber. Ten people have died in the blast, claim reports.

 

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Jayesh Labdi, a local diamond merchant, who claimed to have taken several inured to the hospital, said the blast occurred at peak hour. "Most of the injured were hawkers," he said.

The blast in Opera House has left jewellers in the area petrified.

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The injured at the JJ Hospital.

 

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The injured at the JJ Hospital.