from times of india.........
"Union home minister PChidambaram has confirmed the use of ammonium nitrate in the Wednesday terror strike in Mumbai. He said the attacks were well coordinated but refused to confirm at this stage which terror group was behind the attack.
Hours after Chidamabaram's statement, union home secretary RK Singh briefing media persons inDelhi, said that the IEDs used for blasts in Mumbaiwere not crude and showed a certain degree of sophistication.
The home secretary also gave details of the places were the bombs were kept by the terrorists.
The bomb at Opera House was hidden under garbage while at Dadar, it was placed over a bus shelter, he said. At Zaveri Bazar, the bomb was concealed under an umbrella near a motorcycle, he added.
Earlier addressing a press conference in Mumbai, Chidamabram had said the explosion at Dadar was of low intensity but the other two at Opera House, Zaveri Bazar were of high intensity.
He also revealed that the blasts were not remote-triggered.
Chidambaram said every terror group was a suspect in the attacks at this point in time and the police had been told not to rule out any angle before investigations.
He refused to accept any intelligence failure and said that there was no specific or credible input about the Wednesday terror strikes"...............READ MORE
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