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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, MOSCOW, RUSSIA, 5:13 PM

The first attack in Asia was reported at 5:13 PM Moscow Time. During the meeting of the Russian State Duma in the White House, two car bombs were detonated at the gates of the building. Then, armed terrorists from both Al-Qaeda and the Chechen Soldiers storm the building and kill the Russian Soldiers. The terrorists then proceeded to use Molotov Cocktails as well as other flammable materials to set the building on fire. 

The Russian Army is sent as the gunmen hold the building hostage as it continues to burn down. By nightfall, the entire Russian White House is completely up in flames and isn't put out until the following day. About 75 to 190 members of the Russian Federation's State Duma were killed in attacks. 

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, DELHI, INDIA, 6:00 PM

Two hijacked passenger trains that came from Mumbai were driven deliberately at full speed into Delhi Union Stations

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Two hijacked passenger trains that came from Mumbai were driven deliberately at full speed into Delhi Union Stations. The trains crash into the buffers at the end of the platform at the high of Rush Hour. The scene becomes utter chaos as ten suicide bombers detonate their vests, killing people as they were fleeing the crowd.  

At the end of the attack, the damage was assessed as a total of 490 people were killed in the Delhi attacks. It became clear that the attack was a deliberate act of terrorism. 

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, MUMBAI, INDIA, 6:30 PM

About 30 minutes later, two more trains were hijacked as soon as they left Delhi and were driven deliberately at full speed into Victoria Terminus

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About 30 minutes later, two more trains were hijacked as soon as they left Delhi and were driven deliberately at full speed into Victoria Terminus. Like the Delhi attack, the two trains crash into the buffers at the end of the platform, also at the height of Rush Hour. Another ten suicide bombers detonated their vest. 

In the end of the Mumbai train attack, 532 people died in the attacks as later that night, five car bombs exploded at various locations throughout Mumbai, killing an additional 79 people. 


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