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Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Jihadists strike with impunity in India: 10 murdered and 60 wounded

The march of Islam continues across the globe...


From The New York Times September 7 by Jim Yardley

Deadly Explosion Strikes Courthouse in New Delhi


NEW DELHI — An explosion ripped through a reception area of an Indian courthouse on Wednesday morning, killing at least 10 people and wounding more than 60 others in a bombing that renewed concerns about India’s vulnerability to terrorism. It was the second bombing of the courthouse in less than four months.
 
Witnesses described a chaotic scene at the Delhi High Court after the blast at 10:14 a.m., outside a reception area used by litigants, lawyers and visitors to enter the courthouse.
 
“It was in shambles,” said Ajay Mehrotra, a lawyer who witnessed the explosion. “There was total chaos. There was blood. People were running for their lives.”
 
The Indian home minister, Palaniappan Chidambaram, called the explosion a terrorist attack and noted that New Delhi was already in a high state of alert with Parliament in session. Mr. Chidambaram said Indian intelligence agencies had received information in July about a possible terrorist threat to the city, which had been turned over to the local police. He did not elaborate about the intelligence report and said investigators had not yet identified a suspect in Wednesday’s explosion.
 
“The bomb blast took place just outside the reception center,” Mr. Chidambaram said at a news conference. “It is suspected that the bomb was placed in a briefcase.”
 
Reuters reported that a militant terrorist group called HuJI, for Harkat-ul-Jihad Islami, based largely in Pakistan, and also Bangladesh, had claimed responsibility for the attacks, citing security officials.
 
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, speaking to reporters during a visit to Bangladesh, condemned the explosion as “a cowardly act of a terrorist nature.”
 
“We will deal with it,” Mr. Singh said. “We will never succumb to the pressure of terrorism.”
 
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