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ammonium nitrateMUMBAI, July 14 (Xinhua) -- Ammonium nitrate was used as explosive substance to carry out the triple blasts in Mumbai Wednesday evening. Home Secretary R.K. Singh said Thursday that Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) which used ammonium nitrate and electronic detonators were used in the blasts, adding that the IEDs showed that they were not crude devices but indicated sophistication. Revealing that the blast at the Opera House was of the strongest intensity out of the three, Singh said that 11 people were killed and 73 others injured when the IED placed below a garbage can exploded.


The blast at Zaveri Bazaar left six people dead and 50 others injured while the bomb in Dadar was a low-intensity one which left 10 injured. The IEDs at Zaveri Bazaar and Dadar were hidden near a motorcycle under an umbrella and on a bus shelter respectively. Singh added that the investigation into the terror strike was being carried out jointly by the Mumbai Police Crime branch, National Security Guards, National Investigation Agency and Central Forensic Science Laboratory. Almost one kg of ammonium nitrate was used to carry out the blast at the Opera House, 400-600 grams were used at Zaveri Bazaar and 200 grams in Dadar. The method and the substance used to carry out the dastardly terror strike point to the involvement of Indian Mujahideen. Talking about the investigation into the three blasts in Mumbai, Home Minister P Chidambaram said the forensic evidence have already been collected from blast sites and that ammonium nitrate was used with timer mechanism in the blasts.

ammonium nitrate