Two more bombs found in Mumbai

Calcutta News.Net
Wednesday 3rd December, 2008

In India, police searching for clues to a last week's terrorist attack have found two bombs at a Mumbai railway station, nearly a week after they were left there by gunmen.

The late discovery came as Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee said India was 'determined to act decisively' following the attacks.

While searching through about 150 bags, which police believed were left by the dozens of victims in the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus station, an officer found a suspicious-looking bag and called the bomb squad.

Inside were two 8.8-pound bombs, which were taken away and safely detonated.

It was not immediately clear why the bags at the station were not examined earlier.

The station, which serves hundreds of thousands of commuters, was declared safe and reopened hours after the attack.

The discovery has added to increasing accusations that India's security forces missed warnings and bungled its response to the Nov. 26th-29th attacks.

The country's top law enforcement official has resigned and two top state officials have offered to quit amid criticism that the 10 gunmen appeared better trained, better coordinated and better armed than police in Mumbai.

After the attacks, police found unexploded bombs at several of the sites, including at two luxury hotels and a Jewish center.

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