Indian 'terror attack' kills 17

MUMBAI, India - Three near-simultaneous explosions rocked India's busy financial capital at rush-hour on Wednesday, killing at least 17 people in what the government said appeared to be another terrorist strike in the city hit by a major attack nearly three years ago.

Prithviraj Chavan, the top official in the state of Maharashtra, said the latest attack killed 17 people, and a federal government minister said the toll was likely to rise.

Television footage showed dozens of police officials, several of them armed, at the sites of the explosions and at least one car with its windows shattered. A photograph showed victims of a blast at the Jhaveri Bazaar crowding into the back of a cargo truck to be taken to a hospital.