21 Heartbreaking Pictures From 2006 Mumbai Train Blast Which Took The Life Of 189 People

14 years ago, on this day, life changed for many who used Mumbai's local trains to commute. They were on their way back home from their workplaces when seven deadly blasts rocked the financial capital of the country. A total of 189 lives were lost in those attacks and more than 700 were injured. Many people lost friends, family members, co-passengers, they still remember that journey as a nightmare. But when confronted with reality, everything around them becomes grim and lifeless.

Nine years after the bombing five accused, Kamal Ahamed Ansari, Mohammed Faisal Shaikh, Ehtesham Siddiqui, Naveed Hussain Khan and Asif Khan, were sentenced to death.

Remaining seven people, Tanvir Ahmed Ansari, Mohammad Majid Shafi, Shaikh Alam Shaikh, Mohd Sajid Ansari, Muzzammil Shaikh, Soheil Mehmood Shaikh and Zamir Ahmad Shaikh, were sentenced to life imprisonment.?

These blasts were first of their kind in the history of the country and it brought the financial capital of the country to a halt.

Here are some heartbreaking pictures that show how powerful that blast:

1.?Commuters wait for a local train next to the blast site at Mahim railway station in Mumbai.

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2.?Hospital employees carry the dead body of?Mumbai train blast victim.

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3.?Police and onlookers stand around the mangled compartment of one of the bombed trains in Mumbai.

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4.?An injured commuter looks inside a shattered wagon following a bomb blast in Mumbai.

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5.?The ATS Mumbai filed its charge sheet in November 2006, claimed that it was Lashkar-e-Toiba operation.

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6.?Rescue workers carry a blast victim from Mahim railway station in Mumbai.

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7.?The MOCOCA court on 2015 gives death penalty to the five accused- Naveed Khan, Ehtesham Siddiqui, Faisal Sheikh, Asif Khan and Kamal Ansari.

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8.?Railway workers cut through a portion of the first class compartment of a local train which was ripped open by a bomb blast at Khar Mumbai.

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9.?As per the charge sheet filed by the ATS, one accused bought 15-20 kg of? RDX used in the blasts, while ammonium nitrate used was arranged locally.

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10.?A hospital employee pushes a trolley with blood stains from a train blast victim at a hospital in Mumbai.

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11.?The terrorists used five-litre pressure cookers and quartz timers to execute the attack.

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12.?A piece of a human skull is seen at the site of a blast at Mahim railway station in Mumbai.

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13.?Chembur was the place where bombs were assembled and then were collected at Churchgate from where the terrorists planted them in different trains.

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14.?Indian forensic experts collect samples from a damaged coach at the site of a bomb blast, at Kandivli in Mumbai.

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15.?It started at 6:23 pm on 11 July 2006 when two bombs exploded in two Borivali bound suburban local trains stationed at Mahim and Bandra stations.

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16.?High alert was declared in India's major cities. Airports in Mumbai were placed on high alert.

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17. Seven people, Tanvir Ahmed Ansari, Mohammad Majid Shafi, Shaikh Alam Shaikh, Mohd Sajid Ansari, Muzzammil Shaikh, Soheil Mehmood Shaikh and Zamir Ahmad Shaikh, were given? life imprisonment.

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18.?189 People reportedly killed in this blast and more than 700 were injured.

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19. Memorial for those killed in the July 11, 2006 train bombings at the Mahim Station in Mumbai

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20.?Commuters walk past the blast site at next day of blast in Mahim railway station.

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21.?Parag Sawant, who became the face of 7/11 blasts, became the 189th victim of the blasts and passed away in 2015.

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