WRT: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mukto-mona/message/49776
Mr. Sikand,
I hope you have seen the news attached below.
India's "war on terror" definitely should be more professional and
effective. It should be able to exterminate terror organizations with
higher precision.
However, you should sometime write about the families of real
victims, not discriminating them on the basis of religion. Otherwise,
your digging merely perpetuate bigotry and hatred.
tistarbahe
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Five bombs explode in Indian capital, 20 killed By Bappa Majumdar
Sat Sep 13, 3:58 PM ET
Five bombs exploded in quick succession in crowded markets and
streets in the heart of India's capital New Delhi on Saturday,
killing at least 20 people and injuring at least 90 more, police said.
The Indian Mujahideen Islamic militant group, which has claimed
several major attacks in recent months, sent an e-mail to television
stations saying it was responsible for the blasts.
Police and witnesses said two bombs went off in dustbins in and
around Connaught Place, a shopping and dining area popular with
tourists and locals in the city centre. Others exploded within
minutes of each other in busy markets around the city.
"Around 6:30 p.m. we heard a very loud noise, then we saw people
running all over the place," said Chanchal Kumar, a witness whose
shirt was soaked with the blood of several victims whom he had helped
to carry into ambulances.
"There were about 100-200 people around this place," he said. The
weekend was a particularly busy one ahead of Hindu and Muslim
festivals.
The Indian Mujahideen e-mail mentioned nine bombs. Police said they
had found and defused four.
"We have news of 20 people killed, and the toll could rise as many
people are seriously injured," Delhi police commissioner Y.S. Dadwal
told reporters.
In a hospital bed, Gulab Singh, his head bandaged, wailed at the
death of his 2-year-old grandson.
"We were all sitting around the parking lot when suddenly there was a
huge blast. We did not know what happened. My world has changed,"
Singh said, crying inconsolably.
WAVE OF BOMBINGS
Hundreds of people have been killed in a wave of bombings in India in
recent years, mostly blamed on Muslim militants, with targets ranging
from mosques and Hindu temples to trains.
In July, at least 45 people were killed when a series of bombs ripped
through Ahmedabad, the main city of the western state of Gujarat. A
day earlier, one woman died when eight bombs went off in the IT hub
of Bangalore.
The failure to prevent the attacks has become an embarrassment for
the Congress party-led coalition government, with elections less than
a year away.
Police say the Indian Mujahideen is an offshoot of the banned
Students' Islamic Movement of India, but that local Muslims appear to
have been given training and backing by militant groups in
neighboring Pakistan and Bangladesh.
"I can just say that these blasts have been planned by the enemies of
the country and they will be taught a lesson," junior home minister
Sriprakash Jaiswal told reporters at one site.
Arun Jaitley, a senior leader of the main Hindu nationalist
opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, told the NDTV channel that the
profile of the bombers had changed over the last three years and
attacks could no longer be blamed on outsiders.
"Homegrown terrorists are on the increase," he said. "We cannot shut
our eyes to that reality."
Many streets that would normally have been bustling on a Saturday
night quickly emptied after news of the attacks.
CROWDS TARGETED
One bomb exploded in a newly constructed park in the centre of the
Connaught Place roundabout, built above one of the main stations of
the Delhi underground. Police closed down the metro and major markets
in the city as a precaution.
Another bomb went off in a dustbin near an underground station
entrance on an arterial road leading into the area, housing the
offices of several foreign banks and multinational companies.
"It was a huge blast," said another witness, Sanjeev Gole.
Other attacks came in the Ghaffar Market area of Karol Bagh, full of
electronics shops and packed at weekends, and in Greater Kailash 1,
home to restaurants and high-end retail outlets.
Broadcasts showed wrecked cars and mangled motorbikes alongside
personal belongings, some of them bloodstained, and abandoned shoes.
Wounded people were shown being carried away by rescuers, one leaving
a trail of blood on the ground.
Hundreds of people milled around as police cordoned off the sites of
the explosions, many of them angry with the authorities.
India's deadliest attack in recent years came in July 2006, when
seven bombs exploded on Mumbai's railway system, killing more than
180 people.
The last major attack to hit the capital was in 2005, when 66 people
were killed when three bombs exploded in busy markets.
(Writing by Simon Denyer; Editing by Caroline Drees)
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