Bombs found in Mumbai as India cricket team parties

CRICKET: Police found six unexploded bombs in a Mumbai suburb on Wednesday as thousands celebrated on the streets the return home of India's cricket team after winning the Twenty20 world title.

Two people were arrested, one near a railway station, said police, adding they were investigating whether the pair had links to any terror group. Mumbai, India's financial capital which was shaken by a series of bombs targeting commuters in July 2006 that killed 186 people, was on high alert, police said.

Police did not directly link the festivities to the bombs which were recovered near suburban Andheri railway station, north of the airport and far away from the celebration route. "These were live, crude home-made bombs... but not of high intensity," joint crime commissioner Rakesh Maria told reporters.

MUMBAI, Thursday, AFP