Terror timeline: Militant attacks on urban India 7/11 onwards

FP Staff July 11, 2013, 12:18:40 IST

Here’s a timeline of all the urban terror attacks that took place in India starting from the serial bombings of Mumbai locals in 2006.

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Terror timeline: Militant attacks on urban India 7/11 onwards

Here’s a timeline of all the urban terror attacks that took place in India starting from the serial bombings of Mumbai locals in 2006

July 11, 2006: Multiple bombs on Mumbai commuter trains; 209 killed, 700-plus injured.

Legal status: Trial pending; attributed to Lashkar-e-Taiba linked terrorists.

February 18, 2007: Firebombing of Samjhauta Express. 68 killed, 140 injured.

Legal status: trial pending; attributed to Hindutva terrorist group Abhinav Bharat.

May 18, 2007: Bombing of Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad. 9 killed, 52 injured.

Legal status: Trial pending; attributing to Hindutva terrorist group Abhinav Bharat.

May 22, 2007: Three bombs explode in Gorakhpur. 6 injured.

Legal status: Trial pending; attributed to Indian Mujahideen. Uttar Pradesh government is seeking to withdraw charges against accused Tariq Kasmi.

August 25, 2007: serial bombings in Hyderabad. 42 killed, 50 injured.

Legal status: Trial pending; attributed to Indian Mujahideen.

October 11, 2007: Bomb at Ajmer Sharif shrine. 3 killed, 17 injured.

Legal status: Trial pending; attributed to Abhinav Bharat.

November 23, 2007: Bombs at court complexes in Lucknow, Faizabad and Varanasi. 13 killed, 42 injured.

Legal status: Trial pending; attributed to Indian Mujahideen

May 13, 2008: Serial bombings in Jaipur; 63 killed, 206 injured

Legal status: Trial pending, but several alleged perpetrators acquitted; attributed to Indian Mujahideen.

July 27, 2008: Serial bombing in Ahmedabad and Surat, involving record 52 IEDs.

Legal status: Trial pending; attributed to Indian Mujahideen.

September 13, 2008: Eight bombs go off in Delhi. 56 killed; over 200 injured

Legal status: Trial pending; attributed to Indian Mujahideen

September 29, 2008: Twin bombings in Malegaon and Modasa. 8 killed, 80 injured.

Legal status: Trial pending; attributed to Hindutva terrorist group Abhinav Bharat

February 13,2010: Bombing at the German Bakery, in Pune. 17 killed, 60 injured

**Legal status:**Himayat Baig convicted; appeals pending

April 17, 2010: multiple bombs explode at MA Chinnaswamy cricket stadium, Bangalore. 15 injured.

Legal status: Trial pending; attributed to Indian Mujahideen.

September 19, 2010: Attack outside Jama Masjid, Delhi.

Legal status: Trial pending; attributed to Indian Mujahideen.

December 7, 2010: Two bombs at ShitlaGhat, Varanasi. 2 killed, 34 injured.

Legal status: Unsolved.

May 25, 2011: Failed car bomb attack outside Delhi High Court, New Delhi. No casualties.

Legal status: Unsolved

July 13, 2011: Three bombs atZaveri Bazaar, Opera House and Kabutarkhana,          Mumbai. 26 killed, 130 injured

Legal status: Trial pending; attributed to Indian Mujahideen

September 7, 2011: Bomb at Delhi High Court, Delhi. 15 dead, 87 injured.

Legal status: Trial pending; attributed to Kashmiri terrorist group.

February 13, 2012: Bomb attack on Israeli diplomat’s car in New Delhi. 2 injured

Legal status: Charges filed, trial underway. Attributed to Iranian intelligence-linked group.

August 1, 2012: Serial bombings in Pune. 1 injured.

Legal status: unsolved

February 21, 2013: twin bombings in Hyderabad. 17 killed, 117 injured.

Legal status: unsolved.

April 17, 2013:  Bombing at BJP office in Bangalore. 16 injured.

Legal status: Trial pending; attributed to jihadist faction.

July 7, 2013: Multiple bombings at Bodh Gaya. 2 injured

Legal status: Unsolved.

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