Terror Attacks
There have been fourteen terror attacks on Mumbai's public transportation, including two serial blasts, in 2003 and 2006, that killed approximately 257 people, and the 2008 attacks, during which more than 50 were killed at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus.
- 6 December 2002 - Bomb goes off in a bus in Ghatkopar killing 2
- 27 January 2003 - Bomb goes off on a bicycle in Vile Parle killing 1
- 14 March 2003 - Bomb goes off in a train in Mulund killing 10
- 28 July 2003 - Bomb goes off in a bus in Ghatkopar killing 4
- 25 August 2003 - Two bombs go off in cars near the Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaar killing 50
- 11 July 2006 - Series of seven bombs go off in trains killing 207
- 26 November 2008- 2008 Mumbai attacks: Ten terrorists from Pakistan target the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower and Nariman House, killing nearly 150 people in the deadliest terror attack of 2008 worldwide.
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