Global outrage, New York jitters after India bombs
World powers condemned the bombs that killed over 160 people in the Indian city of Mumbai on Tuesday, and September 11-scarred New York tightened security on its subways.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the string of explosions on commuter trains and at railway stations during the financial capitals evening rush hour was a hideous incident.
We condemn thoroughly this terrible terrorist incident, Rice told reporters in Washington. We will stand with India in the war on terror. It just shows this kind of hideous incident can happen anywhere in the world against innocent people.
India has in the past blamed bomb attacks in the country on Muslim militants fighting its rule in Kashmir, accusing arch-rival Pakistan of providing them with support. But Islamabad was among the first to voice outrage on Tuesday.
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