Mumbai Terror Attack in Pictures

The morning after blasts

Mumbai police officers inspect debris at the Opera House early on Thursday morning.

Home Minister P Chidambaram said the explosive device in Opera house was placed on the road.

A man watches as the body of his relative is put into an ambulance to be taken for last rites in Mumbai on Thursday.

Three coordinated bombings tore through the heart of India's busy financial capital during rush hour on Wednesday.

Indian officials called an emergency security meeting on Thursday to investigate three coordinated bombings that killed 17 people, and injuring hundreds on Wednesday.

People, left, wait outside the morgue of JJ hospital to claim the bodies of their relatives who died in bomb explosions in Mumbai.

Mumbai policemen sit guard behind barricades at Zaveri Bazar, one of the sites of the blasts in Mumbai.

A man carries egg trays near Zaveri bazar, a site of Thursday's triple bombing in Mumbai, July 14, 2011. Police are looking into "every possible hostile group" in their search for the culprits behind the bombing in the heart of Mumbai.

Visibly tired policemen take a break near Zaveri Bazar, a site of Thursday's triple bombing in Mumbai, July 14, 2011.

People who work at Zaveri Bazar, a site of Thursday's triple bombing, wait for the shops to open in Mumbai, July 14, 2011.

A policeman reads a newspaper as others watches near Zaveri Bazar, one of three sites of explosions in Mumbai, July 14, 2011.

An unidentified relative signs forms at the morgue to claim the body of his brother who died in one of the three bomb explosions, in Mumbai, July 14, 2011.

A child looks out from a torn plastic sheet to watch police near Zaveri Bazar, one of three sites of explosions in Mumbai, July 14, 2011. 

A man watches as the body of his relative is put into an ambulance to be taken for last rites in Mumbai, July 14, 2011. 

Mumbai serial blasts were coordinated terror attack: P Chidambaram

Union home minister P Chidambaram said
on Thursday that Wednesday's Mumbai
blasts were coordinated terror attack and
that all groups that are capable of carrying
out such blasts are suspects. The home
minister said that the government did not
have any intelligence inputs about
Wednesday's
blast with central and state agencies.
Ammonium nitrate with timer devices were
used in the IEDs in Mumbai, Chidambaram
said. It was not a remotely triggered blast
and the Dadar blast was a low intensity one,
he added.
He put the death toll at 18 and said that the
number of injured stand at 131 including 23
who are seriously in Wednesday's blasts.
Maharashtra chief minister Prithiviraj Chavan
announced compensation of Rs 5 lakh for
families of blast victims.

Leaders condemn Mumbai serial blasts

Leaders from all political parties
have condemned the serial blasts that
rocked congested areas of Mumbai
Wednesday evening, killing at least 20
people and injuring over 100.
The blasts took place in three areas of south
Mumbai - near Kabutarkhana in Dadar West,
Zaveri Bazar and Opera House, the jewellery
hubs of Mumbai - around 7 p.m.
Maharashtra Governor K. Sankaranarayanan
condemned the near-simultaneous
explosions causing loss of life and injuries
to innocent citizens.
Sankaranarayanan, who was in Delhi,
rushed back to Mumbai on hearing the
news.
In a statement issued here, he said: "The
news of terrorists striking in the commercial
capital of India in the rush hour of the
evening today is shocking and shows the
desperate levels the terrorists have
stooped."
"I convey my sympathies to the families of
the victims of the blasts and wish speedy
recovery to the injured," he added.
Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar of the
Nationalist Congress Party assured of
thorough investigation into the blasts and
appealed to Mumbaikars to not pay heed to
rumours and stay alert.
"Help will be extended to all victims in all
possible manner. However, it is still early to
tell the hand behind the blasts," he said.
Opposition leader Eknath Khadse of the
Bharatiya Janata party condemned the
attacks. "I sympathise with the relatives of
those killed and injured," he said.
State president of Samajwadi Pary Abu Azmi
said: "Police should be strict in investigating
the bomb blasts that have killed many and
injured more than 100 people," he said.
Azmi appealed to people not to make a
communal issue out of the blasts and help
each other and police in bringing the guilty
to books.
"The blasts should not be associated with
any specific religion or community. The
police should also not catch hold of those
who are not guilty for the crime," Azmi said.
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said: "It is
unfortunate and disgusting. I strongly
condemn the blasts."
Former minister of state Gurudas Kamat also
condemned the attacks and said that the
guilty should be brought to book as soon as
possible.