Last evening seven explosions hit commuter trains during evening rush hour in India's financial capital Mumbai.
163 people were killed with 464 injured. Authorities blamed Islamist terrorists with links to Kashmiri militants.
The explosions were coordinated within minutes of each other, intending to kill crowds of people at railway stations or on trains in the Matunga, Khar, Mahim, Jogeshwari, Borivali and Bhayendar localities in and around Mumbai. A seventh hit a subway.
A witness said: "The blast was so powerful that we thought we were hit by lightning. It shook our market."
Mumbai has seen several bombings in the past. It was rocked in 1993 by a series of blasts which killed some 250 people and injured over 1000.
Hours after the blasts, ambulances were still delivering the dead and injured to overwhelmed hospitals. Helpers at the scene said: "I've been here for hours taking the bodies inside. Some of them have no eyes, no hands, no arms."
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