[1]Home Minister P. Chidambaram today expressed deep regret over the Mumbai serial blasts." I am sad that the second incident of terror attack has happened after 26/11 carnage and both have happened in Maharashtra" Chidambaram said.
Chidambaram today confirmed that Ammonium nitrate with timer devices were used in the IEDs in Mumbai.
"Blasts not aimed at hitting markets, the terror group chose targets with high population density" said Chidambaram.
He said death toll in the Mumbai blasts is 17, with 131 others injured. 23 out of them are seriously injured. Some of these people are critical.
As blasts sites have been cordoned off, people will not be allowed there.
He said all groups that are capable of carrying out such attacks are suspected adding that no speculations should be made.
"We have made it clear to Maharashtra Police not to rule out any angle. We will probe every hostile group. We are not ruling out anything. Possibility of derailing the Indo-Pak talks by carrying out the blasts also not ruled out", Chidambaram said.
Chidambaram also rejected suggestion that there was an intelligence failure for the attack.
"We live in the most troubled neighbourhood. Pakistan and Afghanistan are the epicentres of terrorism", he said.
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