Posted on 05/13/2008 5:30:15 PM PDT by DeaconBenjamin
A devastated scene near the Hanuman Mandir after the serial blasts in Jaipur. A series of explosions rocked the walled city on Tuesday evening, killing and injuring several people
JAIPUR: Terror struck yet again — this time in Jaipur, at the busiest market, at the busiest hour, aimed with chilling precision to kill, maim, terrify and cleave the country. At last count, the toll was 80 killed, and with over 150 injured, it could go up. (Watch)
The first blast took place at 7.20pm on Tuesday in the crowded Johari Bazaar and within 15 minutes seven more blasts occurred in adjoining areas in the walled city — near the Hanuman Mandir, which was milling with devotees, near Hawa Mahal, at Badi Chaupad, Tripolia Bazar and Chandpole.
Within minutes, the entire market was a picture of total chaos. People ran screaming, jumping over dead bodies and severed limbs, skirting mangled rickshaws and damaged cars. The piercing wail of ambulance sirens replaced the firecrackers that would go off every other day in Jaipur to celebrate its victorious Rajasthan Royals T20 team.
Terrorists displaying the telltale tactics of Lashkar-e-Taiba and SIMI struck with bombs planted on cycles and cycle-rickshaws. In the past three years, this is the 21st terror attack outside Jammu & Kashmir. Chief minister Vasundhara Raje said, "We will not tolerate this."
Police later arrested a man from Mumbai. Rajasthan's director general of police, A S Gill, said the attacks were designed to cause maximum damage and the sites had been picked with care. He confirmed that bombs had been planted on brand- new Avon cycles. Similar cycle blasts on September 8, 2006, in Malegaon, Maharashtra, had killed 38 people during a Muslim festival day. Bombs on cycles were also used for the attack on the Faizabad court.
The Malegaon attacks were blamed on LeT and the banned Students' Islamic Movement of India.
The Jaipur attack might have been worse had three unexploded bombs not been defused in the walled city area. Another bomb was defused in the upmarket Raja Park area, triggering fresh fears. Mercifully, the city was keeping calm.
Disgusting. This is a fairly calm area, but it’s near the Muslims in Pakistan, and hence makes an easy target for them. I was listening to Indian radio and there was apparently an important soccer match going on in Jaipur, so this was timed to coincide with it, kill foreigners, kill innocent sports enthusiasts, and impose the dead hand of Islam on anything good.
The Indian people are good solid honest hard working people. Our prayers should be with their families.
Another 230 reasons to hate Muslims.
I am amazed at how even though you may feel like an outcast, you will have no danger being hurt or killed by anyone becuase you aren’t a hindu, buddhist, christian, etc. In a foriegn land. But if you are not a Muslim, or true Muslim you can be killed and the killer(s) are praised as heroes.
Not sure I follow you there sport....in other words huh?
The ROP strikes again.
I understood that there were some exchanges of gunfire between Indian and Pakistani troops within the past week, for the first time in months (if not years).
I’m gonna guess koranimals.
Now let me read the article...
What I mean is, that if you travel to a foriegn nation (other than a muslim nation) you don’t have to worry about being killed or blown up just for having a cross around your neck or a Bible in your posession.
i will second that.
Islam has bloody borders.
I wonder if the Paki government is involved in this. I expected to see changes in its policy after the major changes in government, but nothing happened (not that I could see, at least). But perhaps something is going on and this is connected with it.
I’m feeling a lot of ethnic tension on this thread toward our Muslim brothers and Sisters. Obviously, these bombings are the work of elderly Scandanavian nuns, so these sentiments are nothing more than racial profiling and other filthy tendencies of you rednecks on this site. /s
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