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Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaar twin blasts
LocationMumbai, India
Date25 August 2003[1]

Attack type

Car bombing
Deaths52[2]
Injured300[2]

The 25 August 2003 Mumbai bombings were twin car bombings in the Indian city of Mumbai that killed 54, and injured 244 people.[1] One of the bomb explosions took place at the Gateway of India, which is a major tourist attraction. The other bomb went off in a jewellery market Zaveri Bazaar near the Mumba Devi temple in central Mumbai. Both the bombs were planted in parked taxis and exploded during the lunch hour. No group initially claimed responsibility for the attack, but Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba was blamed for it.[3]

On 31 August 2003, three suspects – Ashrat Ansari, Haneef Sayyed and his wife Fahmeeda were arrested. All three were convicted and sentenced to death in August, 2009 by a special POTA court in Mumbai. Later, the death sentence was upheld by Bombay High Court in February 2012.[2][4] Haneef was recruited in Dubai, UAE by Pakistani nationals to avenge anti-Muslim riots in India. His wife assisted and chose targets, while Ansari planted the bomb at Zaveri Bazar.[1][5]

Haneef Sayyed died in February 2019.[6]

Chronology of events

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As per rediff.com[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Death for three in 2003 Mumbai bomb blasts case". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 7 August 2009. Archived from the original on 9 August 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2009.
  • ^ a b c d e "HC upholds death for LeT men in twin blasts case". 10 February 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
  • ^ "2003: Bombay rocked by twin car bombs". BBC. 25 August 2003. Retrieved 7 August 2009.
  • ^ a b "Death sentence upheld in Mumbai blasts case". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 10 February 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
  • ^ a b "Three get death for Gateway, Zaveri Bazar blasts". The Times of India. 7 August 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2009.
  • ^ News, Nagpur. "Hanif Syed, sentenced to death in 2003 Mumbai blasts, dies". nagpurtoday.in. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)[permanent dead link]
  • ^ "A chronology of the 2003 Mumbai twin blasts case". Rediff.com. 27 July 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2009.

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