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First PHOTOS of the Dadar blast

Three blasts rocked Mumbai's crowded Zaveri Bazar, Charni Road and Dadar areas on Wednesday evening. Rediff.com's Abhishek Mande managed to get the first shots of the blast at Dadar.

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First PHOTOS of the Dadar blast

The bus stop (left) where the blasts took place is on the left. A device was reportedly left in the electric meter box close to it.

Behind the bus stop is Antonio da Silva School.

First PHOTOS of the Dadar blast

Police officials investigating the site.

The school closes at 6pm and the schoolbuses are lined up on the very same road from around 5.30pm onwards.

By the time the last bus leaves, it is a little past 6.20 and it is safe to say that the last child leaves the school by 6.40 pm.

The blasts took place a little before 7pm. According to initial reports no school children were injured

First PHOTOS of the Dadar blast

The blasts were said to be low or medium intensity. Besides the passengers in the car a couple on a motorbike was also thrown off their vehicle.

The injured have been taken to KEM and Sion hospitals