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## Analysis: India: Twin Bomb Blasts Rock Hyderabad

Released on 2012-08-25 09:00 GMT

Email-ID | 1272655
Date | 2007-11-26 16:23:14
From | noreply@stratfor.com
To | aaric.eisenstein@stratfor.com

Stratfor | Strategic Forecasting, Inc.
India: Twin Bomb Blasts Rock Hyderabad
August 25, 2007 1630 GMT
Twin bomb explosions occurred late Aug. 25 in Hyderabad City in the
southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, killing at least nine people
and injuring 60 others. The first bomb exploded in Lumbini Park,
located near the state secretariat, around 9 p.m. local time during a
laser show where many people were gathered. The second explosion took
place at a popular outdoor eatery called Gokul Chat Bhandar about 15
minutes later.
Stratfor expected an attack to be carried out by Kashmiri Islamist
militants this quarter. The cities of Hyderabad and Bangalore, where
India's high-tech hubs are located and where Kashmiri militant cells
are spreading, were high on the target list. Though these bomb attacks
do not appear to be a direct hit against the IT sector (the park and
restaurant are far from Hitech City in the suburbs where all the
companies are located), they reveal a growing interest of these
militant groups in increasing their operations in these key cities.
Lumbini Park, which is a theme park near Hussein Sagar Lake, is mostly
thronged by the city's more affluent business crowd (who can actually
afford the ticket fees). The Gokul Chat eatery is famous for its food
and is located in a crowded, posh market area.
The last major attack in Hyderabad occurred May 18 when Kashmiri
militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba, working with the Student Islamic
Movement of India, carried out a bomb attack against the Mecca Mosque.
That attack - reminiscent of jihadist tactics in Iraq - was revealing
of a strategy by these groups to strike at Muslim targets in an
attempt to incite communal riots between Hindus and Muslims. However,
Hyderabad's Muslim community failed to take the bait and instead
turned increasingly hostile toward these militant groups, further
threatening their support base.
At that point in time, Stratfor forecast the failure of these groups
to reignite Hindu-Muslim tensions by targeting sensitive Muslim
religious targets. The return to soft targets in the Aug. 24 attack in
the park and local eatery might be a reflection of the groups'
acknowledgement that a shift in targeting selection is needed. With
this in mind, the IT sector faces a serious threat, as the militant
groups will likely focus more on a strategic target set that could
have a real impact on India's economic lifeline. As an Aug. 21 threat
against IT companies in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh,
Punjab, revealed, IT companies "off the beaten path" in India are also
vulnerable to this threat, as the perceived threat is lower in these
areas and security forces are not as well-equipped or vigilant as they
are in the IT hubs of Bangalore and Hyderabad.
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