BBC Internet By Sumantra Bose London School of Economics The audacity of the Mumbai attacks on shocked IndiaIndia's cities are no strangers to indiscriminate terror attacks. Such attacks have occurred regularly, and with steadily increasing frequency, in recent years. Mumbai, India's financial capital, has been targeted before. In March 1993, a series of car bombs were detonated at public landmarks across the city, including the stock exchange, killing 257 people. Those attacks, in which the city's underworld played a key role, followed Hindu-Muslim violence in the city during December 1992 and January 1993. Working-class Muslims were the principal victims, often shot at point-blank range by members of the city's police force. In July 2006, a series of bombs planted on Mumbai's commuter train network killed 183 people. Other Indian cities have been regularly targeted as well, particularly Delhi, the capital. In October 2005 bombs exploded in crowded Delhi markets on