2011 Mumbai bombings
2011 Mumbai bombings | |
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Location | Opera House Zaveri Bazaar Dadar Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
Coordinates | 18°58′N 72°49′E / 18.96°N 72.82°E |
Date | 13 July 2011 18:54 – 19:06 IST[1] (UTC+05:30) |
Attack type | Improvised explosive devices |
Deaths | 26[2][3] |
Injured | 130[4] |
Perpetrators | Indian Mujahideen |
The 2011 Mumbai bombings, also known as 13/7, were a series of three coordinated bomb explosions at different locations in Mumbai, India, on 13 July 2011 between 18:54 and 19:06 IST.[5] The blasts occurred at the Opera House, at Zaveri Bazaar and at Dadar West localities,[6] leaving 26 killed and 130 injured.[2][3][4] Indian Mujahideen is believed to have carried out the attack with the personal involvement of its co-founder Yasin Bhatkal.[7]
Timeline and damage
The first device was planted on a motorcycle at Khau Gali in south Mumbai's
Following the blasts, phone lines were jammed and communications ceased or were available intermittently for at least a few hours. Other metropolitan cities, including Delhi,
Bomb blasts reported at Zaveri Bazaar, Dadar. Please be careful. Stay indoors. Watch news channels".[13]
Most of the injured were rushed to various hospitals in Mumbai, such as
Mumbai has been hit by terrorist incidents at least half a dozen times since the early 1990s, with over 600 people dying in these attacks. In an editorial, the
Casualties and compensation
The blasts claimed 26 lives and injured an additional 130 others.[3][4][18][19]
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Indian National Congress leader Sonia Gandhi visited Mumbai the next day and met with those injured in blasts at Saifee Hospital.[20] Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced a compensation of ₹2,00,000 to the kin of each of those killed and ₹100,000 to the seriously injured. Meanwhile, the Maharashtra Government also announced ₹500,000 in compensation to the families of each of those killed and about[vague] ₹50,000 to the injured.[21]
Investigations
Speculations
There was speculation that the pattern of the blasts suggested involvement of
The slain
Timeline of investigations
The
The Maharashtra
On 4 August, Home Minister P. Chidambaram suggested indications of involvement of a home-grown terror module in the blasts.[36][37]
On 9 August, the Maharashtra ATS arrested one person it claimed had stolen a bike used in the
On 23 January 2012, the Mumbai Police claimed that it had solved the Mumbai Blasts case with the arrests of two suspects – Naqi Ahmed Wasi Ahmed Sheikh (22) and Nadeem Akhtar Ashfaq Sheikh (23) – hailing from Darbhanga district of Bihar.[40] The Mumbai Police's ATS claimed that the two had stolen two scooters used in the blasts according to a scheme whose logistics were managed by Yasin Bhatkal, the mastermind of the blast.[41] However, this televised announcement baffled the other intelligence agencies. It was later revealed that Naqi Ahmed was assisting the Delhi Police and other central intelligence agencies in tracking down two other perpetrators of the blast.[40] Further investigations revealed that the two Pakistani bombers, named Waqqas and Tabrez, staying in Byculla used as many as 18 SIM cards and six handsets. The duo received sim cards from the co-accused Naqi Ahmed, who was arrested by the ATS in January 2012 for possessing SIM cards obtained with fake documents, following which Naqi admitted his role in the blasts and also admitted working with Indian Mujahideen's founder member Yasin Bhatkal in arranging accommodations for the bombers.[42]
On 25 May 2012, Maharashtra
On 4 February 2014, Maharashtra
On 16 July 2014 Mumbai ATS arrested Abdul Mateen Fakki from Goa’s Dabolim Airport, while he arrived from Dubai by flight. He is accused of financing the terrorist operation by passing money through Hawala sources to Indian Mujahideen co-founder Yasin Bhatkal.[46]
Allegations of police brutality
The
Aftermath
In the wake of the blasts,
Chief Minister of Maharashtra
Reactions
Domestic
President
Local politician, Manohar Joshi of the Shiv Sena, urged the government to "take immediate steps and find out who are people behind the blasts."[62]
INC general secretary Rahul Gandhi remarked that it was impossible to stop every terror attack. He said that 99 per cent of terror attacks had been prevented in the country thanks to various measures, such as improved intelligence collection efforts. He added that "We work towards defeating it, but it is very difficult to stop all the attacks. Even the United States, they are being attacked in Afghanistan.".[63] His comments drew flak from some quarters of the Indian political spectrum, who criticised him for equating the Mumbai attacks with those in Afghanistan and called it an insult to those killed in the blasts.[64][65]
Chairman of the moderate Hurriyat faction Mirwaiz Umar Farooq condemned the Mumbai blasts saying such incidents are orchestrated to derail the dialogue process between India and Pakistan and that those involved in the killing of innocent people 'are enemies of humanity'. In a statement, he said "We are saddened by the huge loss of life in the Mumbai blasts and condemn it. Spilling the blood of innocents, be it in Mumbai, Palestine, Karachi or Kashmir, is a shameful and inhuman act."[66][67]
International
Organisations
- A statement issued by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's office read: "The Secretary-General condemns the attacks that have killed and injured many in Mumbai," said a statement from his office. "No cause or grievance can justify indiscriminate violence against civilians. The Secretary-General expresses his solidarity with the Government and people of India, and extends his sincere condolences to the families of the victims," it added.[68]
- A statement read by Peter Wittig, Germany's ambassador to the UN and current United Nations Security Council President declared that "the members of the Security Council reaffirmed that terrorism in all its forms and manifestations constitutes one of the most serious threats to international peace and security, and that any acts of terrorism are criminal and unjustifiable, regardless of their motivation."[68] In a deviation from the language used by the Security Council in its condemnations of other such attacks, this press statement did not contain the Security Council's usual admonition to member states that they must ensure that measures taken to combat such incidents, comply with all their obligations under international law, in particular international human rights, refugee and humanitarian law, prompting some observers to comment that this was a result of India's growing clout in the premier body.[69]
- European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton's office released a statement that read: "(Ashton) was horrified to hear that Mumbai has again been the target of a series of deadly bomb attacks. She condemns these heinous acts and expresses her condolences to the families and friends of the victims. It is essential that the perpetrators these evil attacks are brought to justice," stated a release issued by her office.[70]
- Secretary General of NATO Anders Fogh Rasmussen expressed deepest sympathies to the victims of the terrorist attacks in heavily populated areas of Mumbai. He condemned in the strongest possible terms the indiscriminate violence and the senseless loss of innocent lives.[71]
See also
- 25 August 2003 Mumbai bombings
- 2008 Mumbai attacks
- 2011 Agra bombing
- 2011 Delhi bombing
Notes
- ^ The 2008 Ahmedabad bombings took place on 26 July 2008; the Delhi serial blasts occurred on 13 September 2008; Mumbai terror attacks happened on 26 November 2008, followed by the German bakery blast in Pune on 13 February 2010.
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- Photos. NDTV
- Eyewitness Photos. NDTV
- Photo Gallery. IBNLive
- Mumbai Blast Coverage, Published by Chris Augeri
- Blasts in Mumbai: July 2011 Archived 21 July 2011 at the Life magazine
- Incident summary at the Global Terrorism Database
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