At least 135 killed in Indian train blasts Prime minister reportedly says 'terrorists' behind attacks MUMBAI, India (CNN) -- At least 135 people were killed in seven explosions on crowded commuter trains and stations Tuesday evening in the Indian financial capital of Mumbai, police said. Officials said 250 to 300 people were injured in the blasts in the city's western suburbs as commuters made their way home. There was some confusion about the number of dead and injured as information was compiled from hospitals and explosion sites in Mumbai, the west Indian seaport previously called Bombay. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called an emergency meeting of his ministers, saying "terrorists" were behind the attacks, according to The Associated Press. One person was arrested in New Delhi in police raids after the explosions, reported CNN-IBN, CNN's sister network, but there's been no claim of responsibility for the attacks. Video footage from a train station showed people in bloodstained clothes receiving medical treatment, while others were carrying victims and some lying motionless near railroad tracks. Windows of a train appeared to be spattered with blood. At least one train was split in half. (Watch rescuers pull blood- covered victims from wrecked trains -- 1:59) 'Limbs lying everywhere' The blasts hit trains or platforms at the Khar, Mahim, Matunga, Jogeshwari, Borivili and Bhayander stations. The seventh explosion struck a train between the Khar and Santacruz stations, a police official told CNN-IBN. Police also found and defused another bomb at the Borivili station, according to CNN-IBN. A CNN-IBN correspondent who was on one of the trains said it was leaving a station when the blast occurred. People jumped and were killed as the train hit them. "Limbs [are] lying everywhere, bodies [were] cleared from the tracks by local business owners who rushed from their shops," the correspondent said. Another CNN-IBN correspondent reported seeing 15 bodies at the Matunga station. People living nearly two miles (three kilometers) away from the Borivili station said they heard the blast. Railway shut down, subways on alert The Western Railway system -- which 4.5 million people use daily -- was shut down and Mumbai's subway system put on high alert after the blasts. Police in the capital of New Delhi also heightened security. Airports across India were put on high alert, too. In a statement, the prime minister called the attacks a "shameful act" and urged the people of his country to "remain calm, not to believe rumors and to carry on their activity." Earlier Tuesday, a grenade attack in Indian-controlled Kashmir killed at least four people. Authorities suspect militants are responsible for that attack on a minibus in Srinagar. There was no immediate indication of a connection to the Mumbai blasts. Indian Home Minister Shivraj Patil said the government had some advance knowledge that such an attack might take place. "What we didn't have was the place and the time," Patil said. On March 7, 14 people were killed in attacks on a temple and a rail station in Varansi. In March 1993, more than 250 people were killed in Mumbai when 13 bombs exploded in locations across the city. Copyright 2006 CNN. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Associated Press contributed to this report. Find this article at: http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/07/11/mumbai.blasts/index.html SAVE THIS | EMAIL THIS | Close Check the box to include the list of links referenced in the article. Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
