Mumbai Train Blasts 2006: Indian Court Hands Down Death Penalty To 5 Men, Life Term To 7

A court in India's western state of Maharashtra Wednesday sentenced five men to death and ordered life imprisonment for seven others in connection to a series of bomb blasts on busy commuter trains in the state capital Mumbai in 2006. The blasts in seven trains killed 188 people and injured over 800. A special court for organized crime and terrorism in Mumbai announced the judgment. Prosecutors said the men sentenced to death planted bombs on the trains, which are considered lifeline of India's ...