2006 Mumbai train bombings
The 2006 Mumbai train bombings were a series of seven bomb blasts on 11 July. They took place over a period of 11 minutes on the Suburban Railway in Mumbai, the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the nation's financial capital. The bombs were set off in pressure cookers on trains plying on the Western Line Suburban Section of the Mumbai Division of Western Railway. The blasts killed 209 people and injured over 700 more.
Quotes
[edit]- The series of blasts... are shocking and cowardly attempts to spread a feeling of fear and terror among our citizens. My heart reaches out and grieves for all those affected by these blasts and who have lost their near and dear ones.
- Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh quoted in "Mumbai bombs: Reaction in quotes" BBC (11 July 2006)
- "Pakistan strongly condemns the series of bomb blasts on commuter trains in Mumbai, India. This despicable act of terrorism has resulted in the loss of a large number of precious lives.
- Pakistan Foreign Ministry statement, quoted in "Mumbai bombs: Reaction in quotes" BBC (11 July 2006)
- It was a well-coordinated attack, and the terrorists had used the ‘pressure cooker bombs’ to turn the city’s lifeline into a ‘deathline’.
- Tiwari, D. P. The Great Indian Conspiracy London : Bloomsbury Publishing (2019)
