According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of India, explosions occurred at intervals of several minutes, then in a panic. At the heart of the city – Dadar – An explosive device was embedded in a parked car, another explosive device was a meter on the market Zaveri Bazaar, which sells jewelry, and a third bomb exploded at the entrance to the Opera House in downtown city. Near Dadar arrived on the scene of the explosion, law enforcement officials found another explosive device that failed to explode. Site of the explosion are very busy, in addition, bombed in the "rush hour". As a result of explosions, at least 20 people were killed and 113 injured, reports RIA "Novosti". The victims of the bombings delivered at the hospital Mumbai. Cordoned off the scene, investigators are working. According to preliminary information the Russian Consulate General in Mumbai, the Russians are among those killed and injured as a result of today's bombings there. "The entire city police force moved into a state of high alert. In general consulate established operational headquarters, so we have conducted around the clock. Now fairly limited communication in Mumbai, especially the telephone, because of the fact that it started to turn off after the terrorist attacks "- quoted Attaché Consulate General of Russia in Mumbai Maria Afanasyeva Russian news service. Department of Homeland Security of India has already announced that three explosions in Mumbai were part of the attack. According to Interior Minister Chidambaram Palanyappan India, bombings in Mumbai were a coordinated terrorist attack. Financial and business hub of India – Mumbai – more than once became the target of major terrorist attacks. Indian media noted that the current terrorist attacks occurred just two days after the fifth anniversary of the bombings in Mumbai in 2006. July 11, 2006 a series of explosions thundered in the crowded commuter trains and on platforms. About 200 people were killed in the attack. The police suspects that for this action were Islamic fanatics of the underground group "Students Islamic Movement of India." According to police, after a ban of this group its most radical members of the group created a "Islamic Mujahideen" behind the bombings in Indian cities in 2008. In 2008, there was the last major terrorist attack in Mumbai. November 26, 2008 ten terrorists arrived in the city by sea from Karachi. Divided into groups, insurgents shot people on the streets, in cafes, railway station, and after the guests have taken hostage two hotels and one apartment complex. For two days they resisted the Special Forces until they were killed. Same rtvami militants then began to 166 people. According to local law enforcement agencies, the current diversion to organize militia groups "Indian Mujahideen", which have close links with the extremist group "Lashkar-e Taiba," based in Pakistan, but the official version of the police has not yet published. "Explosions – element of the war waged against India Pakistani jihadists. This may be a "Lashkar-e Taiba," may be associated with them, "Indian Mujahideen". India – is a target, and they beat on it, whenever given the opportunity, "- said the executive director of the Institute of Conflict Studies New Delhi Ajay Sahni. After the explosions in Mumbai in all major Indian cities, including in the capital, New Delhi, introduced increased security measures. Law enforcement authorities have taken under special control, shopping centers, markets, cafes, train stations and other public places, where usually a large crowd of people.
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