Location :- Mumbai, India.
Date :- August 25, 2003.
Attack type :- Car Bombing
Deaths :- 52
On 25 August 2003, twin car bombings struck the Indian city of Mumbai killing at least 52 people, and injuring nearly 150. Both of those two bombs were planted in taxis during lunch period. One of the bomb exploded at the Gateway of India, which is a major tourist attraction. It was planted near the Taj Mahal hotel, shattering it's windows in due course. The other bomb went off in a jewelery market near the Mumba Devi temple in central Mumbai. No group claimed responsibility for the attack, but it is believed that the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba was behind the carnage.
The first bomb exploded about 1:00pm in the Jhaveri Bazaar, a bullion market near the Mumbadevi Temple, followed minutes later by the blast at the Gateway of India.
Most of the deaths were in the bullion market.
In both places, blood and broken glass lay on the ground, shop windows were smashed and cars were twisted and shattered.
This is the last in a series of five bombings against the city within a period of eight months.
The five arrested included mastermind, an autorickshaw driver named Mohammed Haneef
& his wife Fahmida. They were found to have links with the Muslim Defence Force which
allegedly wanted to avenge the Gujarat Riots.
