2011 Delhi bombing
| 2011 Delhi bombing | |
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 Delhi High Court
Location of the 2011 Delhi bombing
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| Location | Sher Shah Road, New Delhi, Delhi, India |
| Coordinates | 28°36′32″N 77°14′10″E / 28.6090°N 77.2362°ECoordinates: 28°36′32″N 77°14′10″E / 28.6090°N 77.2362°E |
| Date | 7 September 2011 10:14 IST (UTC+05:30) |
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Attack type
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Bombings |
| Weapons | Improvised explosive devices made with Ammonium nitrate, PETN |
| Deaths | 17 |
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Non-fatal injuries
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76 |
| Perpetrators |
HuJI, Indian Mujahideen |
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Suspected perpetrators
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Muslim extremists (IB and Delhi Police intelligence reports), |
The 2011 Delhi bombing took place in the Indian capital Delhi on Wednesday, 7 September 2011 at 10:14 local time outside Gate No. 5 of the Delhi High Court, where a suspected briefcase bomb was planted. The blast killed 17 people and injured 76.
Previously, a low-intensity blast also occurred at the High Court outside Gate No. 7 on 25 May with no reported casualties.
The attack took place while Indian Prime Minister M.Singh was on a historic two-day official state visit to Bangladesh, to discuss Bangladesh–India relations. The attack also happened less than two months after bombings in Mumbai on 13 July which killed 26 people.
The blast took place at 10:14 IST on 7 September 2011. Explosives were placed in a briefcase at the high court reception where hundreds of people throng every day to attend court cases, home secretary R.K. Singh said to reporters. According to the special secretary in the Home Ministry, two kilos of explosives were used, with ammonium nitrate and PETN to cause considerable damage even though used in a small amount.
According to reports immediately following the blasts, responsibility for the bombings was claimed by the Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (HuJI) group. In an email attributed to HuJI, the group is alleged to have demanded that Mohammed Afzal Guru, convicted for the 2001 Indian Parliament attack, should not be hanged as ordered by the Supreme Court. However, Afzal Guru strongly denied any such link to the attack, and said that his name was being "unnecessarily" dragged into the "cowardly act" which "must be condemned by all".
A day after this email, another email was sent by the Indian Mujahideen to television media, allegedly claiming that the attack was carried out by IM and not HuJI and also threatened it would carry out more attacks on shopping complexes on the coming Tuesday.
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