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40 Dead in Car Bomb Blasts in Bombay
VOA News
25 Aug 2003, 13:28 UTC
Indian authorities say at least two bomb blasts have rocked the country's financial capital, Bombay (also known as Mumbai), killing more than 40 people and injuring more than 100 others.
Both blasts occurred in southern Bombay - one near the historic Gateway of India monument, a popular tourist site, and the other, just minutes later, near the Zaveri Bazaar, a crowded jewelry marketplace.
Reports from the scene indicate the bombs were planted in two taxicabs. There has been no claim of responsibility. In the past, India has blamed such incidents on Pakistan-backed Islamic militants. Monday, Islamabad quickly condemned the deadly bombings as an act of terror.
The explosions came just hours after a government report said the remains of a Hindu temple have been found under the foundations of a mosque in the northern town of Ayodhya, razed by Hindu extremists in 1992. Hindus claimed that the 16th century mosque was built by razing a temple to their god Rama. The destruction caused Hindu-Muslim riots that killed two thousand people