Indian government holds terrorist group responsible
17 people were killed by 3 separate but nearly simultaneous bomb blasts in Mumbai’s financial district on Wednesday, the Globe and Mail reports. The first bomb decimated the Jhaveri Bazaar, a famous jewelry market, at 6:54 p.m., followed by a second explosion one minute later in the Opera House district, and another at 7:05 p.m. in the central Mumbai neighbourhood of Dadar. Indian Home Minister, Palaniappan Chidambaram says the close proximity and timing of the attacks lead the government to believe a terrorist group is responsible. This is the first major attack on Mumbai since November 2008, when 10 militants terrorized the city for 60 hours, killing 166 citizens.