One of the seven bombs that blasted this historic city ripped apart Sumana Khan's life, killing her mother and two aunts and leaving the 4-year-old girl with a broken arm and a fractured leg, according to AP. Lying in a cramped, crowded hospital Wednesday, Khan and the nearly 200 other wounded were in some ways lucky _ they survived. Eighty other people had become the latest fatalities in a seemingly endless series of bombings that have terrorized Indian cities in recent years. Most, like Tuesday's attack in Jaipur, have hit so-called soft targets _ crowded markets, temples, trains and mosques. With authorities repeatedly blaming Islamic militants, each bombing has brought fears of fresh violence between India's Hindu majority and its sizable Muslim minority. Authorities moved quickly to prevent retaliatory bloodshed, imposing a curfew in Jaipur's walled old city, where the seven explosions took place, and deploying police in force. The result was empty streets, shuttered stores and a city best known for pink-hued palaces and ornate jewelry left coping with its newfound status as India's latest target. By evening, the curfew was lifted and residents flocked into the streets to buy groceries and go to prayers, saying they were determined to carry on.
