Carnage In New Delhi

A series of bombings left at least eight people dead across New Delhi, India. Another jihadi terrorist group claimed responsibility - calling multiple news outlets prior to the blasts. The attacks were designed to kill and maim as many people as possible.

A number of Indian media outlets received an e-mail sent just before the explosions warning that India was about to receive ''the Message of Death.''

''In the name of Allah, Indian Mujahideen strikes back once more. ... Do whatever you can. Stop us if you can,'' the message said.

The Indian Mujahideen was unknown before May, when it claimed responsibility for a series of bombings in the western city of Jaipur that killed 61 people. The group also said it was responsible for July blasts in the western state of Gujarat that killed at least 45.

Mayor Arti Mehra said as many as seven explosions went off across New Delhi, starting just before sundown. Police Commissioner Y.S. Dadwal said at least 10 people had been killed.

''It's a very cowardly act of violence,'' Mehra told reporters near the scene of two of the explosions, in the M-Block market of the upscale Greater Kailash neighborhood. ''They want to break the spirit of Delhi. They have tried this in other places before and they have not succeeded and they will not succeed here. They will not scare us.''

All of the bombs appeared to have gone off at, or very near, crowded shopping areas in scattered around the city.

Yet another terrorist group operating under the banner of Islamist fundamentalism calling for jihad against infidels and nonbelievers.

UPDATE:
The death toll is now 15. They're also refusing to speculate how those people died. Interesting.

India's television network NDTV quoted the email as saying, "In the name of Allah, the Indian Mujahedeen has struck back again."

Cinema halls, religious places, goverment offices and markets have been closed as a precaution.

The cause of the explosions is not yet known.

Well, it couldn't be spontaneous combustion, but car bombs, truck bombs, suicide bombers, or a combination of the above are likely. The government is clearly concerned that there may be follow on attacks by closing public places.