1993 Mumbai bombings

The 1993 Mumbai bombings were a series of bomb explosions that took place in Mumbai (Bombay), India on March 12, 1993. The attacks were the most destructive and coordinated bomb explosions in the country's history.

Aftermath

The official number of dead was 257 dead with 1,400 others injured (some news sources say 317 people died; this is due to a bomb killing 60 in Calcutta on March 17). Several days later, unexploded car bombs were discovered at a railway station. Islamic terrorist groups based in Pakistan were suspected to be responsible for these bombings, and evidence later uncovered pointed to the involvement of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, based in Karachi, Pakistan. Many hundreds of people, predominantly Muslim, have been arrested and detained in Indian courts and are undergoing or awaiting trial. So far, no convictions have resulted twelve years after the blasts

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Calcutta - March 17 - Dawood Ibrahim - Karachi - Pakistan

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More than ten years later, on August 25, 2003, two large bombs left in taxis exploded in south Mumbai - the Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaar in the busy Kalbadevi area - killing 52 people and wounding more than a hundred others. India blamed two Pakistan-based Islamic militant groups, Jaish-e-Mohammed or Lashkar-e-Toiba, for the attacks.

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August 25 - 2003 - Gateway of India - Zaveri Bazaar - Pakistan - Jaish-e-Mohammed - Lashkar-e-Toiba

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