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Summary Indian police are looking into every possible hostile group in search for the culprits behind the
21 people were killed and 131 wounded, the countrys top security official said Thursday.The attacks, which authorities said came without warning, were the worst terror strike in the country since the siege of Mumbai that killed 166 people 31 months ago, and government officials were struggling to reassure Indians over their safety.I want to assure everyone both in India and outside, that India will continue to work and grow and prosper, Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said at a news conference Thursday after an emergency security meeting.No one has claimed responsibility for Wednesdays bombings, which shook three separate neighborhoods within minutes of each other during the busy evening rush hour. The attack came just months after peace talks resumed between India and Pakistan. Indian officials have so far refused to speculate who might be behind the blasts.We are not pointing a finger at this stage, Chidambaram said. We have to look at every possible hostile group and find out whether they are behind the blast.A steady drizzle washed away bloodstains and threatened evidence at the site of the attacks, which ripped off storefronts, shredded a bus stop and left bodies strewn in the dirt of Mumbais crowded neighborhoods and market. Investigators covered the blast sites with plastic sheets to protect the evidence, police officer Shailesh Kadam said.Meanwhile, families raced to find word about their relatives.One man described hunting for information about his brother, who was in a jewelry market hit by a blast.We are in that market every day from morning to night, he told NDTV news channel, as he held back tears. We went from hospital to hospital, and finally found his body in the morgue.
