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## more details Re: S2 -- INDIA -- now thirteen small bombs, five killed in Ahmedabad city

Released on 2012-09-03 09:00 GMT

Email-ID | 5099970
Date | 1970-01-01 01:00:00
From | mark.schroeder@stratfor.com
To | alerts@stratfor.com, os@stratfor.com

Thirteen bombs hit India's Ahmedabad, five killed
Sat Jul 26, 2008 12:16pm EDT
By Rupam Jain Nair
AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) - At least 13 small bombs exploded in the
Indian city of Ahmedabad on Saturday, killing at least five people and
wounding 55, a day after another set of blasts in the country's IT hub,
officials said.
On Friday, eight bombs exploded in quick succession in the southern IT
city of Bangalore, killing at least one person and wounding six others.
Saturday's blasts were in Ahmedabad's crowded old city dominated by its
Muslim community. One was left in a metal tiffin box, used to carry food,
another apparently left on a bicycle.
"This has been done by some terrorist group which wants to destabilize the
country," the central government's junior home minister Shriprakash
Jaiswal told the Sahara news channel.
One television channel showed a bus with its side blown up, shattered
windows and the roof half-destroyed. Another showed a dead dog lying
beside a blown-up bicycle.
"The bus had just started when the blast happened," P. K Pathak, a retired
insurance official who was traveling in nearby bus, told Reuters.
"Many people standing on the exit door fell down. There was fire and smoke
all over. We got down from our bus and rushed to help them."
Ahmedabad is the main city in the communally sensitive and relatively
wealthy western state of Gujarat, scene of deadly riots in 2002 in which
2,500 people are thought to have died, most of them Muslims killed by
rampaging Hindu mobs.
Both states targeted in the bomb attacks are ruled by the
Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party and are among the country's
fastest-growing.
Suspicion is falling on Islamist militants intent on destabilizing India
by fanning tensions between Hindus and Muslims, and police were deployed
in Ahmedabad on Saturday to maintain calm.
India has suffered a wave of bombings in recent years, with targets
ranging from mosques and Hindu temples to trains.
It is unusual for any group to claim responsibility, but India says it
suspects militant groups from Pakistan and Bangladesh are behind many of
the attacks.
"The government had received a threat e-mail and we are probing into it,"
local state government Home Minister Amit Shah told Reuters.
INVESTIGATIONS IN BANGALORE
So far, police say they have few leads into Friday's Bangalore bombings.
On Saturday, another unexploded bomb was found near a shopping mall in
Bangalore, but it was unclear whether the bomb was newly planted or meant
to have exploded during Friday's attacks, police said.
India's home ministry said on Friday it suspected "a small militant group"
was behind the Bangalore attacks, while some police officials said they
suspected the blasts could be the work of the banned Students Islamic
Movement of India.
Some IT companies in Bangalore, known as India's Silicon Valley, were
increasing security after bombs went off there. Each bomb had a similar
explosive force to one or two grenades.
The city is a prominent software development centre and is also home to a
major outsourcing industry.
"We have increased security in our campus," said a spokeswoman for
Infosys, a software company.
Also nicknamed the "world's back office", Bangalore has more than 1,500
top firms, including Infosys, Wipro and the offices of global firms such
as Microsoft Corp and Intel Corp.
"If such incidents continue, investors will fly away from the city," said
state opposition politician Mallikharjuna Kharge.
In May, eight bombs killed 63 people in a crowded shopping area in the
western city of Jaipur.
(Writing by Simon Denyer; Editing by Alistair Scrutton)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Schroeder" <mark.schroeder@stratfor.com>
To: "alerts" <alerts@stratfor.com>, "os" <os@stratfor.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 4:30:32 PM GMT +02:00 Harare / Pretoria
Subject: S2 -- INDIA -- Four bombs hit India's Ahmedabad city, one killed
Four bombs hit India's Ahmedabad, one killed
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSSP23014220080726
Sat Jul 26, 2008 10:16am EDT
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - At least four bombs exploded in the western Indian
city of Ahmedabad on Saturday, killing at least one person, just a day
after another set of coordinated blasts in the country's southern IT hub,
police said.
A local member of parliament, said there were between 20 and 30 injured
people at a hospital in the city.
On Friday, eight bombs exploded in quick succession in the southern IT
city of Bangalore, killing at least one person and wounding six others.
Saturday's blasts were in the Ahmedabad's crowded old city dominated by
its Muslim community. One was left in a metal tiffin box, used to carry
food.
"According to information so far, there have been four to five blasts,"
said a duty officer at the police control room in Ahmedabad, who is not
authorised to give his name. "We have heard one person is dead."
Local television channels showed one bus with its side blown up, shattered
windows and the roof half-destroyed.
So far, police say they have few leads into Friday's Bangalore bombings.
On Saturday, another unexploded bomb was found near a shopping mall in
Bangalore, but it was unclear whether the bomb was newly planted or meant
to have exploded during Friday's attacks, police said.
"Special squads have been formed to find out who is behind the blasts. We
have not got any conclusive leads yet," Bangalore's Additional
Commissioner of Police M.R. Pujar told Reuters on Saturday.
India has suffered a wave of bombings in recent years, with targets
ranging from mosques and Hindu temples to trains. It is unusual for any
group to claim responsibility for attacks.
India's home ministry said on Friday it suspected "a small militant group"
was behind the attacks, but gave no details.
Some major IT companies in Bangalore, known as India's Silicon Valley,
said they were increasing security at their offices after the eight low
intensity bombs went off. Each bomb had a similar explosive force to one
or two grenades.
The city is one of the world's most prominent centers for software
development and is also home to a major outsourcing industry.
"We have increased security in our campus," said a spokeswoman for
Infosys, one of India's leading software companies.
Also nicknamed the "world's back office", Bangalore has more than 1,500
top firms, including Infosys, Wipro and the offices of global firms such
as Microsoft Corp and Intel Corp.
"If such incidents continue, investors will fly away from the city," said
state opposition politician Mallikharjuna Kharge, who called for improved
security in the city.
Some police officials said they suspected the blasts could be the work of
the banned Students Islamic Movement of India.
"It is a prime suspect, but it is too early to come to any conclusion. All
angles are being looked into," said a police official who did not want to
be named.
Police said Friday's explosions were similar to a blast at a courthouse in
Hubli, a city near Bangalore. Suspected Muslim militants there are being
tried on charges of planning attacks in Karnataka, the state where
Bangalore is located. No one was wounded in that blast.
Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa said the blasts were a
conspiracy to defame his Hindu nationalist government.
"We will not tolerate any attempt to spoil the reputation of the city" he
said.
Islamist militant groups in Pakistan and Bangladesh have been often blamed
for previous attacks in India with the aim of fanning hatred between
Muslims and Hindus and damaging a fragile peace process between New Delhi
and Islamabad.
In May, eight bombs, many strapped to bicycles, ripped through a crowded
shopping area in the western city of Jaipur, killing at least 63 people
and injuring hundreds more.
Police said that attack bore some hallmarks of the Bangladeshi militant
group Harkat-ul-Jihad al Islami.
(Writing by Alistair Scrutton and Simon Denyer)
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