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TERRORISM IN INDIA
- Gujarat |
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Date-wise Events |
- September 24, 2002:
- Akshardham Temple Attack in Gandhinagar, Gujarat
- The Akshardham Attack was a terror attack at the
Akshardham Temple in Gandhinagar, Gujarat;
- The attack was conducted by Murtuza Hafiz Yasin
and Ashraf Ali Mohammed Farooq, who killed
33 people and wounded 80 others by using automatic
weapons and hand grenades.
- National Security Guards intervened and
ended the siege by killing both attackers the same night.
- Six accused were later arrested by
Gujarat Police.
- May 16, 2014: A Supreme Court of
India bench acquitted all the six prisoners
of all charges and pulled up the Gujarat Police for shoddy
investigation in the case.
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- July 26, 2008:
- 2008 Ahmedabad Bombings - It was a series of 21
bomb blasts that hit Ahmedabad, India, within a span
of 70 minutes.
- 56 people were killed and over 200
people were injured.
- Islamic militant group Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami, claimed responsibility
for the attacks.
- The Gujarat police arrested the suspected
mastermind, Mufti Abu Bashir, along with nine
others, in connection to the bombings.
- These bombings occurred a day after the
Bangalore blasts and a day before a bomb blast in
the Indian state of Jharkhand.
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