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6:24pm-6:35pm series of ‘pressure cooker’ bomb blasts rocked the financial capital of India. 7 stations- Mahim, Matunga, Khar, Bandra, Jogeshwari, Mira Rd & Borivali & 7 1st class compartments of western suburban rail network's local trains
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2 bombs exploded in Mahim & Bandra, then at Virar bound local, in the next 5 minutes in 4 more local trains at Matunga, Khar, Jogeshwari & Borivali leaving 200+ ppl dead & 700+ injured. In Borivali 1 bomb was defused while the other exploded earlier.
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20kg RDX & 4 kg Ammonium Nitrate was used to prepare d bombs, then packed inside pressure cookers. they wrapped the cookers in newspapers & carried them in black plastic bags, then took eight different trains from Churchgate station & left them on the trains
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