13 July 2011 Last updated at 21:24

In pictures: Deadly Mumbai blasts

A damaged car in the Dadar area of Mumbai

India's main commercial city, Mumbai, has been hit by three bomb blasts. One was in the heart of the city and two others in the south. All the bombs went off in crowded areas during the rush hour.

Injured victims of a bomb explosion are loaded onto a truck to be taken to hospital in the Zaveri Bazaar area of Mumbai

This photograph shows victims of a blast at the Zaveri Bazaar crowding into the back of a cargo truck to be taken to a hospital.

Police inspect a bus stop damaged by the bomb in the Dadar area of Mumbai

In the Dadar area, a taxi parked next to a bus stop was blown up.

Police inspect the site of the bombing in the Zaveri Bazaar area of Mumbai

The blast in the Zaveri Bazaar area - not far from the famous Mumbadevi temple - reportedly came from a motorbike parked near a jewellery shop on Khaul Gali road.

Police inspect an electricity meter in the Dadar area of Mumbai

Police also said explosives might have been hidden inside an electricity meter box.

Indian security officials gather around a damaged vehicle in the Opera House area of Mumbai

In the Opera House area, the bomb was planted in a two-storey building on Charni road, local media said.

Mumbai was placed on high alert and residents were urged to avoid the districts where the bombs had gone off.

Police with sniffer dogs inspect travellers at a railway station in Ahmadabad, India - 13 July 2011

Delhi, Calcutta and a number of other Indian cities, including Ahmadabad, were also placed on alert.

Police and investigators inspect the site of the bombing in the Dadar area

The authorities said the blasts were a terrorist attack.

Indian police cordon off the scene of the bombing in the Dadar area of Mumbai

Mumbai has seen a series of bomb attacks in recent years, including co-ordinated attacks by Islamist militants in 2008, in which more than 160 people died.

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