Bomber convicted

INDIA: A Muslim bomber was convicted of murder Thursday for an attack on a jewellery market on a day of blasts in India’s economic capital 13 years ago that killed 257 people.

Mohammed Kasam Ghansar faces a possible death sentence for killing 17 people and wounding 57 after leaving an explosive-laden scooter outside the market in Mumbai that was primed to explode minutes after he walked away.

The attack was one of 12 blasts that rocked the western Indian city on March 12, 1993, allegedly on the orders of Mumbai’s Muslim dominated underworld in retaliation for nationwide Hindu-Muslim riots that left hundreds dead.

Mumbai, Thursday, AFP