2010 Pune bombing
2010 Pune bombing
 Pune
Pune (India)
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| Location | German Bakery, Pune, India |
| Coordinates | 18°32′22.67″N 73°53′13.82″E / 18.5396306°N 73.8871722°ECoordinates: 18°32′22.67″N 73°53′13.82″E / 18.5396306°N 73.8871722°E |
| Date | 13 February 2010 19:15 IST (13:30 UTC) (UTC+5:30) |
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Attack type
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Bombing |
| Weapons | Improvised explosive device (IED) |
| Deaths | 17 |
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Non-fatal injuries
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54+ |
| Perpetrators | Lashkar-e-Taiba al-Almi; SIMI International; Mujahideen Islami Muslim Front |
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Suspected perpetrators
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Indian Mujahideen,Lashkar-e-Taiba |
The 2010 Pune bombing occurred on 13 February 2010 at approximately 7:15 pm IST when a bomb exploded at the German Bakery in the city of Pune, Maharashtra, India. The blast killed 17 people, and injured at least 60 more, including an Italian woman, two Sudanese students, and an Iranian student.
The German Bakery is located near the Jewish Chabad House and the Osho ashram (an international meditation resort) in Koregaon Park, Pune. The ashram and the bakery are frequented by foreigners and the bakery, which is popular with tourists and locals alike, was busy at the time of the blast.
Two little known groups, the Laskhar-e-Taiba Al Alami and the Mujahideen Islami Muslim Front, claimed they were behind the bomb attack. But, according to government agencies, the attack could have been part of a project by Lashkar-e-Taiba to use the Indian Mujahideen, called the Karachi project. David Coleman Headley, a Pakistani-American terror suspect, has been accused of involvement in the project.
The site of the bombing was the German Bakery, a two-decade-old popular establishment in Pune. The bakery, situated on the ground floor of a corner building in the Koregaon Park area of Pune, was reduced to rubble, though the rest of the building was left intact. At the time of the explosion, the bakery's limited seating areas were full of students and foreign visitors from the nearby Osho Ashram. A security alert had been issued in October 2009 for a Jewish Chabad house in the vicinity of the German Bakery, but the Bakery was not deemed to be at risk at the time.
Initial media reports indicated that a Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinder used for cooking had caused the blast, but the Pune City Fire Brigade issued a statement that the cylinders at German bakery were intact. Businessman Bharat Turakhia, who suffered shrapnel injuries from the blast, saved several lives by taking the victims to a hospital and helped the police in their investigation. Security agencies confirmed shortly thereafter that the explosion was a terrorist strike.
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