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Major attacks in India since 2003

Posted by Yogesh on Friday, 25 July, 2008

- Seven blasts hit the Indian IT city of Bangalore on Friday, killing at least one person, police said.

Following is a chronology of some of the major attacks in India in the last five years:

March 13, 2003 – A bomb attack on a commuter train in Mumbai kills 11 people.

August 25, 2003 – Two almost simultaneous car bombs kill about 60 in Mumbai.

August 15, 2004 – Bomb explodes in northeastern state of Assam, killing 16 people, mostly schoolchildren, and wounding dozens.

October 29, 2005 – Sixty-six people are killed when three blasts rip through markets in New Delhi.

March 7, 2006 – At least 15 people are killed and 60 wounded in three explosions in the north Indian Hindu pilgrimage city of Varanasi.

July 11, 2006 – More than 180 people are killed in seven bomb explosions at railway stations and on trains in Mumbai, blamed on Islamist militants.

September 8, 2006 – At least 32 people are killed in a series of explosions, including one near a mosque, in Malegaon town, 260 km northeast of Mumbai. Continued…

Source Reuters

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