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BBC News - Mumbai: Explosions shake India's financial hub

13 July 2011 Last updated at 15:19

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Mumbai: Explosions shake India's financial hub

Video grab from Star TV supplied by AFP of car damaged in explosion in Mumbai, India - 13 July 2011 The explosions were in busy areas of Mumbai

Three explosions have shaken India's commercial capital Mumbai (Bombay), local media reported police as saying.

Initial reports say dozens of people have been wounded.

One explosion was reported in the busy Zaveri Bazaar, another near the Opera House and a third in the south of the city.

The blasts coincide with the birthday of Mohammad Ajmal Amir Qasab, the sole surviving gunman from the 2008 Mumbai attacks which killed nearly 170 people.

Indian media have quoted the home ministry as saying the explosions are a terrorist attack.

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