World IN BRIEF : INDIA : Two Arrested in Bombay Bombings
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Police arrested two men in connection with the placing of two of the bombs that killed about 300 people in a coordinated blitz in Bombay last week and said they were hired by a drug smuggler. His motive, police said, was to spread chaos that would serve as a cover for smuggling operations. Bombay’s police chief, Amarjeet Singh Samra, said one of the men drove a jeep packed with explosives to a market in central Bombay and the other parked a booby-trapped motorcycle in the city’s jewelry market.
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