Bomb blasts hit trains and stations, killing 163
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the seven bomb explosions that took place within about 10 minutes during evening rush hour.
However, suspicion is likely to centre on Muslim militants fighting New Delhi’s rule in Kashmir, who have been blamed for several bomb attacks in India in the past.
“The death toll is 163 and about 460 people have been injured,” police inspector Ashok Jadhav said.
Commuters fled suburban rail stations in panic after the explosions and mobile phone lines were jammed. Hundreds of dazed passengers walked along the railway tracks.
TV showed twisted rail carriages and people in blood-stained clothes carrying the dead and wounded on stretchers.
