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29 killed, 100 hurt in Mumbai twin blasts
Monday, August 25 2003 14:24 Hrs (IST)
Mumbai: At least 29 people were killed and over 100 injured when two explosions
rocked busy areas of Mumbadevi and Gateway of India on August 25, days
before the Ganpati festival prompting the authorities to put security agencies
on high alert all over Maharashtra.
The blasts occurred at 1.10 hours (IST) outside the crowded Mumbadevi temple and near Gateway of
India.
The explosion at Dhanji street in Mumbadevi occurred in a residential building. Preliminary reports
indicated that it was a cylinder blast, Maharashtra's Home Minister Rajendra Darda said.
The other explosion occurred in an Ambassador car that was parked in the parking lot area of hotel Taj
Mahal. About two to three persons were injured in this blast that is suspected to have been triggered off
by a bomb, Darda said.
The injured have been rushed to G T Hospital, he said.
PTI
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