Today, 17 bombs exploded in a 70 minute span in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, killing at least 29 people and leaving over 100 injured. Yesterday, 9 bombs exploded in a little over an hour in the southern Indian city of Bangalore, killing at least 2 people and leaving 20 injured. This is a summary of terrorist activity in India since 1993, taken from a list on Wikipedia.
- March 12, 1993 - Bombay bombings, 257 deaths.
- February 14, 1998 - Coimbatore bombings, 46 deaths.
- October 1, 2001 - Militants attack Jammu-Kashmir assembly complex, killing about 35.
- December 13, 2001 - Attack on the parliament complex in New Delhi, 7 deaths.
- September 24, 2002 - Militants attack the Akshardham temple in Gujarat, killing 31.
- May 14, 2003 - Militants attack an army camp near Jammu, killing more than 30, including women and children.
- August 25, 2003 - Simultaneous car bombs in Mumbai kill about 52.
- August 15, 2004 - Bomb explodes in Assam, killing 16 people, mostly school children.
- July 5, 2005 - Ram Janmabhoomi attack in Ayodhya. One pilgrim was killed. Later, all five terrorists were killed in a gunfight with armed soldiers.
- October 29, 2005 - Three powerful serial blasts in New Delhi at different places. About 70 people died in this incident.
- March 7, 2006 - At least 21 people killed in three synchronized attacks in Varanasi.
- July 11, 2006 - At least 200 people killed in a series of 7 train bombing during the evening rush hour near Mumbai.
- September 8, 2006 - at least 37 people killed and 125 injured in a series of bomb blasts in the vicinity of a mosque in Malegaon, Maharashtra
- May 18, 2007 - at least 13 people were killed, including 4 killed by the Indian police in the rioting that followed, in the bombing at Mecca Masjid, Hyderabad that took place during the Friday prayers.
- August 25, 2007 - at least 42 people were killed in two blasts in Hyderabad's Lumbini park and a restaurant. The police reportedly managed to find and defuse another bomb in the same area.
- May 13, 2008 - at least 63 were killed in 9 bomb blasts along 6 areas in Jaipur.
- July 25, 2008 - at least 2 were killed and 20 injured in 8 low intensity bomb blasts in Bangalore.
- July 26, 2008 - at least 15 were killed and 70 injured in 18 serial bomb blasts in Ahmedabad.
There is no political or social commentary that I wish to make. I have not been affected personally by any of these attacks, and neither has anybody else that I know.
I'm just sad and bewildered for my country.
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It just makes me sad. And worried.
"Bid thine heart all strife to cease; Whith thy brethren be at peace."
Reverently and Meekly Now; pg 185 vs 3.
We sang this song today and that phrase stood out to me. I wish more people listened to the message.
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