Mumbai terror attacks: Timeline

Terrorists struck 13 times in Mumbai late Wednesday-early Thursday, according to Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh. Here is the timeline of the strikes:

1) 21.20 – Firing outside Hotel Oberoi-Trident at Nariman Point in south Mumbai.

2) 21.30 РFiring outside Leopold Caf̩ at Colaba ni south Mumbai.

3) 21.40 РFiring near Bade Miyan caf̩, behind the Taj hotel at Colaba in south Mumbai.

4) 21.45 – Firing inside the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) in central Mumbai.

5) 22.30 – Firing at Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai headquarters gate 2, opposite CST.

6) 22.35 – Firing at Gokuldas Tejpal Hospital, near CST.

7) 22.40 – Firing at Cama Hospital, near CST.

22.50 – Firing at Metro Theatre.

9) 23.00 – Blast rips a cab in Vile Parle in north Mumbai.

10) 23.00 – Blast rips a cab in Mazgaon.

11) 23.10 – Firing, two blasts at Napean Sea Road in south Mumbai.

12) 23.30 – Blast at Dhobi Talao.

13) 00.30 – Firing after hijacking a police van at Trident Oberoi Hotel.

Mumbai is no stranger to terror attacks. Past major terror incidents are:

1) July 11, 2006: 200 killed in seven blasts which ripped first-class compartments of suburban trains.

2) Aug 25, 2003: 46 killed in two blasts, including one outside the Taj Mahal Hotel.

3) March 12, 1993: 12 serial bomb blasts at different locations kill 257.

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