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Bangalore India's IT capital rocked by bomb blasts
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by SHIVAPRASAD | July 25, 2008 at 01:42 am
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According to TV news channel reports 5 bomb explosions rocked Bangalore City and according to initial reports 3 were dead and scores were injured.
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Thank God, luckily loss of life is limited as well as those injured. Is it a signal for worse things to come? Bangalore must guard against the designs of terrorists and anti social elements out to spoil name and fame of the city as the IT Capital of India.
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at 01:47 on July 25th, 2008
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at 01:48 on July 25th, 2008
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at 01:51 on July 25th, 2008
There are reports of serial bomb blast in the silicon valley of India. Reports are coming in that Bangalore capital city of Southern Indian province of Kanataka had at least six explosion. More details are expected.
Source: news.bbc.co.uk
at 02:17 on July 25th, 2008
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at 02:17 on July 25th, 2008
Two persons including a woman have been killed and about 20 injured in seven blasts that rocked the southern city of Bangalore on Friday (July 25), police officials said.
Confirming the reports of blasts, Police Commissioner of Bangalore -- Shankar Bidri -- said that explosives were hidden in relatively crowded areas of the city. Bomb disposal squads have been rushed to the blast site.
"In all these cases they have created the blast using timer devices," Bangalore Commissioner of Police Shankar Bidri told reporters at the site of one of the blasts. "Explosives have also been used, in quantity equal to one or two grenades."
MR Pujar, additional police commissioner for Bangalore said "crude explosives" had been used.
"There were seven low-intensity explosions," he said. "Some of them were in crowded areas. At least person was killed and 15 to 20 were injured."
Sources in the Intelligence Bureau have told TIMES NOW that the blasts could have been carried out by LeT and SIMI and that they could be retaliatory in nature. Police had arrested several SIMI and Let operatives in the last six months.
The first blast took place at around 1:30 pm at the Madivala check post in the city. The other blasts have been reported from Adugudi, Ashoknagar, Hosur Road, Koramangala, Shantinagar and Langford town.
Located in central Bangalore, near to the M.G. Road and Cantonment Railway Station, Shivaji Nagar is an important transport hub and important commercial centre.
The city have been put on high-alert. Majority of schools, shopping malls and cinema halls have been closed down and telephone networks have been jammed following reports of blasts.
The police commissioner has appealed to the people to maintain calm in the city.
Recent blasts in the country
Following is a Chronology of some recent major bomb blasts in the country:
May 13, 2008: Eight serial blasts rock Jaipur in a span of 12 minutes leaving 65 dead and over 150 injured.
January 2008: Terrorist attack on CRPF camp in Rampur kills eight.
October 2007: 2 killed in a blast inside Ajmer Sharif shrine during Ramadan, in Rajasthan.
August 2007: 30 dead, 60 hurt in Hyderabad 'terror'strike.
May 2007: A bomb at Mecca mosque in Hyderabad kills 11 people.
February 19, 2007: Two bombs explode aboard a train bound from India to Pakistan, burning to death at least 66 passengers, most of them Pakistanis.
September 2006: 30 dead and 100 hurt in twin blasts at a mosque in Malegaon.
July 2006: Seven bombs on Mumbai's trains kill over 200 and injure 700 others.
March 2006: Twin bombings at a train station and a temple in Varanasi kill 20 people.
October 2005: Three bombs placed in busy New Delhi markets a day before Diwali kill 62 people and injure hundreds.
Reference: http://timesnow.tv/Newsdtls.aspx?NewsID=12012
at 06:06 on July 25th, 2008
This list of attacks is shocking, but gives us some perspective on the suffering inflicted in India. And the one train where all the Paks died is a surprise.
at 02:24 on July 25th, 2008
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at 02:41 on July 25th, 2008
at 02:43 on July 25th, 2008
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at 02:49 on July 25th, 2008
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at 05:14 on July 25th, 2008
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at 06:09 on July 25th, 2008
SHIVAPRASAD, I'm sorry. These cowardly murderers just had to attack a leading profit center, didn't they? Hope they catch them.
at 06:11 on July 25th, 2008
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at 07:32 on July 25th, 2008
This is extremely important, given the technological base that Bangalore is for not only India, but the world.
Any updates on who's claiming responsibility for this?
at 08:21 on July 25th, 2008
SHIVAPRASAD, I like this story. It's good stuff.
It seems like it is work of congress govt.All the recent blasts have happened in B.J.P ruled states.It is important to note that most of the states like rajasthan m.p. and chattisgarh which are ruled by B.J.P will be going to polls later this year.
at 11:27 on July 25th, 2008
so sad...when i was leaving karachi a fortnight ago, my city had 7 bomb blasts and a few people were killed. now i am back home and this bomb-blasts news from bangalore...
at 12:34 on July 25th, 2008
Here's an update from Om Malik (GigaOM):
Source: gigom.com
at 06:53 on July 27th, 2008
Update:
Source: cnn.com