Location :- Mumbai, India
Target :- Mumbai Suburban Railway
Date :- 11 July 2006
Time :- 18:24 – 18:35 (UTC+5.5)
Attack type :- Bombings
Deaths :- 209
Injured :- 714
Perpetrator(s):- Terrorist outfits—Student Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT; These are alleged perpetrators as legal proceedings have not yet taken place.)
Details
The bombs were placed on trains plying on the western line of the suburban ("local") train network, which forms the backbone of the city's transport network. The first blast reportedly took place at 18:24 IST (12:54 UTC), and the explosions continued for approximately eleven minutes, until 18:35,[2] during the after-work rush hour. All the bombs had been placed in the first-class "general" compartments (some compartments are reserved for women, called "ladies" compartments) of several trains running from Churchgate, the city-centre end of the western railway line, to the western suburbs of the city. They exploded at or in the near vicinity of the suburban railway stations of Matunga Road, Mahim, Bandra, Khar Road, Jogeshwari, Bhayandar and Borivali.
Map showing the 'Western line' and blast locations.Home Minister Shivraj Patil told reporters that authorities had "some" information an attack was coming, "but place and time was not known".
The bomb attacks in Mumbai came hours after a series of grenade attacks in Srinagar, the largest city in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. However, Home Secretary V K Duggal said there was no link between the Srinagar and Mumbai bomb blasts.
11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings
Travelling north
from Churchgate Khar Road - Santacruz 18:24
17:50 Fast Local
Churchgate-Borivali Bandra - Khar Road 18:24
17:37 Slow Local
Churchgate-Borivali Jogeshwari (PF #1)18:25
17:54 Fast Local
Churchgate-Borivali Mahim Junction (PF #3)18:26
Travelling north
from Churchgate Mira Road - Bhayandar First Class 18:29
17:57 Fast Local
Churchgate-Virar Matunga Road - Mahim Junction First Class 18:30
17:37 Fast Local
Churchgate-Virar Borivali (PF #4)1 First Class 18:35
One bomb exploded at this location, but another one was found by police and defused.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister R. R. Patil confirmed that a total of 200 people were killed and another 714 others have been injured.[8] Additionally, various news organisations have reported that at least 200 people have died and that more than 700 others have been injured.
A week after the blasts in Mumbai the confirmed death toll rose to 207.
In September of 2006 it was confirmed that the death toll had risen to 209.
From Khar Station
A cocktail of explosives including RDX,ammonium nitrate, nitrite, fuel oil was used.
The first breakthrough came after a call was tracked from Mumbai to Madhubani in Bihar & suspect named Kamal Ansari was picked up.
According to investigators, the conspiracy had been hatched 5 months earlier. Rs 20 lakh was spent on the logistics of the operation, which involved gathering bombers from Pakistan & Bangladesh.
