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Ammonium nitrate used in Mumbai blasts: Chidambaram

MUMBAI: Union home minister P Chidambaram has confirmed the use of ammonium nitrate in the Wednesday terror strike. He said the attacks were well coordinated but refused to confirm at this stage which terror group was behind the attack. The Union home minister said the explosion at Dadar was of low intensity but the other two at Opera House, Zaveri Bazar were of high intensity. He said the blasts were not remote-trigerred. Chidambaram said 17 people have been confirmed dead in the serial strike. However, the toll could go up to 18 as one body with a severed head had to be identified. 131 people have been injured in the terror attack, of whom 26 are seriously injured. 26 injured have been discharged and another 82 are stable, he added. The Union home minister said a massive probe was on to find leads into the terror strike with all the agencies working in coordination. He said that Maharashtra could have been targeted because the state police has successfully neutralised hostile elements in the last three months. Chidambaram praised the resilience of the Mumbaikars.

                                                                                                               
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