Blast In Mumbai's Suburban Train

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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->MUMBAI, India - <b>Seven </b>explosions hit Mumbai’s commuter rail network during rush hour Tuesday evening, ripping apart train compartments and reportedly injuring dozens of people, officials and Indian media said.

<b>The local CNN-IBN news channel said at least 15 people were killed in one of the blasts at Matunga station in central Mumbai. Other Indian television reports indicated the death toll could be in the dozens.</b>

“The blasts happened when the trains were most crowded,” D.K Shankaran, chief secretary of the state of Maharashtra, of which Mumbai is the capital said. “Ten to 15 people have been injured.”

There was chaos throughout Bombay's crowded rail network following the explosions, and authorities struggled to determine how many people had been killed and injured.

Television images showed injured victims sprawled on train tracks, frantically dialing their cell phones. Some of the injured were being carried away from the crash site.

The force of the blasts ripped doors and windows off carriages, and luggage and debris were strewn about.

Pranay Prabhakar, the spokesman for the Western Railway, confirmed that seven blasts had taken place. He said all trains had been suspended, and he appealed to the public to stay away from the city's train stations.

Bombay, India's financial center, and New Delhi, the capital, were reportedly on high alert. Bombay's commuter rail network is among the most crowded in the world. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->