
MUMBAI, India — Three explosions were reported in India’s business capital of Mumbai Wednesday, police said.
The blasts took place in a market that was crowded with people at the time and other busy areas.
In initial reports, local media said at least 15 people were injured.
Two of the blasts were in south Mumbai, while one was in central Mumbai, police said.
Mumbai was the city where a 2008 gun raid by Pakistan-based militants killed at least 166 people.
Update: The ROP strikes again.
(Fox News) — Three separate explosions tore through a business district in India’s Mumbai Wednesday, leaving at least 13 people dead and 54 injured, authorities said. Less than an hour after the series of blasts, its Home Ministry confirmed a terrorist attack and placed the entire city on high alert.
Although no group claimed responsibility, the explosions hit locations where a terror siege nearly three years ago killed 166 people. Wednesday also coincided with the birthday of the lone surviving gunman of the 2008 attack.
Indian officials say they believe the responsibility of Wednesday’s attack rests with the Indian Mujahideen, a group that works closely with Lashkar-e-Taiba.
Lashkar-e-Taiba is the group suspected to be behind the 2008 attack.
The blasts hit the crowded Dadar neighborhood at rush hour, the famed jewelry market Jhaveri Bazaar and the busy business district of Opera House, an official at the city’s Police Control Room said. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of office policy.
