Multiple bombings on the subway in India. From Bill Roggio at the Counterterrorism Blog.

The railway system and rush hour commuters were the targets of a series of bombings in the Indian city of Bombay (Mumbai), the country’s financial capital. According to the Times of India, the Matunga, Khar, Santacruz, Jogeshwari, Borivali, Bhayendar and Mira “suburban railway stations” were targeted, and the attacks occurred in the “first class compartments” during rush hour, in an attempt to maximize the injuries. The attacks occurred at seven stations on the Western Metro Line, in a series of stations along a straight line (the ‘red’ line in the accompanying map) in just an 11-minute span.

Reuters reports at least 135 dead and 300 injured. The Bangkok Post reports, “The blasts were timed to inflict maximum fatalities during the rush-hour when people were on their way home from work.” “Right now it is not possible for us to give the number of fatalities. We are busy rushing the injured to the hospitals and removing the dead,” said Bombay Police Commissioner AN Roy.

Awfully serious, this one. As Hugh Hewitt remarks:

This is a major development in the GWOT, and not just because of the scale of the attack, but also because India is among our most important allies in the war. American media needs to get smart about the significance of this attack asap.

I’m in meetings most of today and will not be able to update very often, but will come back to this later to see what others have written and to comment on any new info. (db)

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