Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Explosions: Update

I've been on the road, so this update is late. However, I'm going to post it anyway. The death toll is a lot higher than was reported this morning. The first report I heard this morning was 8, with dozens injured. This evening, the report is much different. According to Reuters, the death toll is 163, with hundreds injured.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the seven bomb explosions that took place within about 10 minutes during evening rush hour. But suspicion was likely to center on Muslim militants fighting New Delhi's rule in disputed Kashmir, who have been blamed for several bomb attacks in India in the past.
It seems there has been a lot of terrorist attacks in India in recent years. For the chronology of attacks go here.