6 December 2002 Mumbai bus bombing

1st Ghatkopar Bus Bombing
Location	Mumbai, India
Date	6 December 2002 18:45 IST (UTC+05:30)
Attack type	Bombing
Deaths	2

Terrorist attacks in India
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2001: Indian Parliament – Srinagar – 2002: 1st Raghunath Temple – Akshardam Temple – Kolkata – Kaluchak massacre – Qasimnagar massacre – Rafiganj train – 2nd Raghunath Temple – Mumbai 2002 – Kurnool train – 2003: 1st Mumbai 2003 – 2nd Mumbai 2003 – 3rd Mumbai 2003 – 4th Mumbai 2003 – 2005: Ayodhya – Delhi 2005 – Jaunpur train – 2006: Varanasi – Jama Masjid – Doda massacre – Mumbai 2006 – Malegaon – West Bengal train – 2007: Samjhauta Express – Mecca Masjid – Hyderabad – Ajmer Dargah – Uttar Pradesh – 2008: Jaipur – Bangalore – Ahmedabad – 1st Delhi 2008 – 2nd Delhi 2008 – Malegaon/Modasa – Agartala – Imphal – Assam – Mumbai 2008 – 2009: 1st Guwahati – 2nd Guwahati – 2010: Pune – Dantewada – Jnaneswari Express – Varanasi 2010 – 2011: Mumbai 2011 – Delhi 2011

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At 18:45 IST on Friday, 6 December 2002, a bomb placed under a seat of an empty B.E.S.T. bus exploded near the busy Ghatkopar station. The bomb was placed in the rear of an empty bus parked near the station and killed two people and injured 28. There were no passengers in the bus at that time and the people who were killed were those present in the busy station area. The bombing occurred on the 10th anniversary of the demolition of the Babri Mosque.

This was the first in a series of five bombings against the city within a period of eight months. Other bombings included:

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[1] Blast outside Ghatkopar station in Mumbai, 2 killed-Source-Rediff News-December 06, 2002.