Blasts Injure Two at Indian Temple

[Minskaya]

Blasts Injure Two at Indian Temple
July 7, 2013

NEW DELHI—Eight bomb blasts in and around a Buddhist temple complex in east India’s Bihar state left two people injured Sunday in what authorities suggested was a terrorist attack. The low-intensity explosions struck the Mahabodhi Temple Complex, a popular religious site where Buddha is said to have obtained enlightenment, and nearby areas in Bodh Gaya early morning, India’s Home Secretary Anil Goswami said. Four blasts occurred in the temple complex, while three others took place at the nearby Karmapa monastery and one was close to a giant statue of Lord Buddha, Mr. Goswami said. “There has been no damage to the temple premises or the monastery. The injured are being treated,” he said. One of the injured is from Myanmar and the other is from Tibet, according to a senior official in the Bihar state government.

Mr. Goswami said a team of experts has been sent to investigate the scene. The home ministry will be able to confirm whether this was a terror attack after the team submits its report, he said. Local police said the blasts were carried out by a terrorist group, but didn’t provide any details. Tens of thousands of tourists and pilgrims, particularly from countries such as China, Japan, Myanmar and Sri Lanka, visit the temple complex in Bihar’s Gaya district every year. Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is among the regular visitors. Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa visited the temple six months ago. India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh condemned the blasts. “Such attacks on religious places will never be tolerated,” he said Sunday.

Source: Wall Street Journal

Terrorism? By whom? Would appreciate some insights here.

[ambidex]

I can fairly say that Bodh Gaya is Mecca of Buddhism.

No group has claimed because India is a divided house on terrorism and enemies know it. These groups will rather stay quite and enjoy national parties blaming each other with Congress-I waiting to declare opposition communal once they start blaming the ruling party.

BTW this source is suggesting that warnings were there on IM planing terrorist attacks.

Bodhgaya temple blasts: Delhi Police had warned of a possible Indian Mujahideen attack | NDTV.com

[SajeevJino]

Terrorism? By whom? Would appreciate some insights here.

Yes Ma'am ..It's a Terrorist Attack Mostly Planned by Indian Mujahidin's The police man warned the Temple Trust to keep security measures for the Upcoming days but they refused to responds the advice ..There are several bomb's Blasted and the Police get two Bombs and defused it safely ..The central govt Issued warning to all Major Cities across the Country and some Historical Temples

[cataphract]

The Indian Mujahideen seem the likely culprit. They've carried out similar low intensity blasts in the past, which suggests that they aren't as competent as the professionals sent in by Pakistan.

[Tronic]

Source: Wall Street Journal

Terrorism? By whom? Would appreciate some insights here.

Most likely a revenge attack for the anti-Muslim riots in Burma.

Though officials aren't ruling out the Maoists either: Cannot rule out Maoists'*role in Bodh Gaya serial blasts: officials - Hindustan Times

The Bodh Gaya is considered a world heritage site by UNESCO and a very important site for Buddhists.

[Double Edge]

Most likely a revenge attack for the anti-Muslim riots in Burma.

That would be my first guess.

[Doktor]

By that account if someone is pissed that there is no church in KSA, they should attack Muslims elsewhere... Oh, wait?

[Firestorm]

Buddhist-Rohingya(Muslim) conflict in Myanmar spells trouble for India

NEW DELHI: The Bodh Gaya blasts have brought to the fore a growing terror linkage — between Pakistan-based terror groups and disaffected Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. Whether the blasts have a Rohingya footprint or of groups sympathetic to the cause, even the Indian Mujahideen, these growing terror links have strong security implications for India.

"There are long-standing relations between Bangladesh-based Islamist groups, which used to be happy hunting ground for the ISI, and the Rohingyas. These were connected by Bangladesh-based groups like HuJI (B). But these activities have come down in the past few years. However, given the conflict in Myanmar, it would be easy to activate such links by Pakistani terror groups. Blasts like this have the dual purpose of attacking Buddhist shrines, and in India," Ajai Sahni of the South Asia Terrorism Portal said.

Not too long ago, Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed was quoted as warning India about its assistance to Myanmar. "Indian government is working in cahoots with Burmese government to wipe out Muslim population of Burma," he said. "It is also an obligation on the whole Muslim ummah to defend the rights and honour of Rohingya Muslims in Burma."

The Buddhist-Rohingya conflict in Myanmar has created a widening zone of instability in the region, stretching beyond Myanmar to Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Indonesia. The majority Buddhists of Myanmar have repeatedly attacked Rohingyas, a Bengali-speaking Muslim minority community who are treated by Myanmar as illegal immigrants from Bangladesh.

Bangladesh rejects them as Myanmarese, with the result that they are nobody's people. Even Aung San Suu Kyi has been silent on the issue, drawing criticism from the west. Rohingyas are not a part of the 135 recognized ethnic groups in Myanmar, which complicates the issue.

In recent times, Rohingyas have found themselves as asylum seekers in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. Meanwhile, the Islamic world has taken up cudgels on the Rohingyas' behalf, mounting a diplomatic offensive against Myanmar in international forums.

In June and October 2012, there was sustained violence in Myanmar's Rakhine province (which has Sittwe port, crucial to Indian interests) which displaced 100,000 Rohingyas. In March this year, anti-Muslim riots in Meiktila, central Myanmar, left 40 dead and thousands without homes.

Time magazine recently put 48-year-old Buddhist monk Wirathu as the "face of Buddhist terror". The magazine was banned in Myanmar. Wirathu's 969 Movement is aimed at preventing Buddhists from engaging in businesses with Muslims, and protect Myanmar from a "Muslim threat." Local level violence and intimidation are the tools employed.

For their part, radicalized Rohingyas too have taken help from Islamist organizations in Pakistan, including the ISI. Intelligence available with India shows that in recent months, both LeT and other groups have actually taken across Rohingyas to Pakistan for training. Security experts predict this could get much messier in the coming months and years.

[Firestorm]

By that account if someone is pissed that there is no church in KSA, they should attack Muslims elsewhere... Oh, wait?

Why, has someone actually done it?

[SajeevJino]

A detailed view about the attack and the aftermath from the Indian Politicians and Security Officials

Suspected IM member arrested in Kolkata for Bodh Gaya terror attack : India, News - India Today


Third Bomb Diffused Safely

[ambidex]

A detailed view about the attack and the aftermath from the Indian Politicians and Security Officials

Suspected IM member arrested in Kolkata for Bodh Gaya terror attack : India, News - India Today


Third Bomb Diffused Safely

Brave men, but I don't want to see them diffusing without basic bomb squad equipment/suit or it is normal for army people to do it. They do the same in battlefield when diffusing mines ?

I saw a video of forces (CRPF I think) diffusing mines in Naxalite areas same way, few have died too.

[Doktor]

Why, has someone actually done it?

Maybe not for KSA's decisions, but for being Muslims... yes.

Newer:
http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/wp-c...eet-update.pdf
Attacks on Muslims: numbers in detail | News | guardian.co.uk

Older, from my neck of the woods:
Persecution of Muslims - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Persecution of Muslims - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Tronic]

Maybe not for KSA's decisions, but for being Muslims... yes.

Newer:
http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/wp-c...eet-update.pdf
Attacks on Muslims: numbers in detail | News | guardian.co.uk

And yet, practicing Sikhs have faced the brunt of the anti-Muslim hate attacks in the West.

That said; Dok, those hate crimes are arbitrary acts of violence, while such targeted killings and bombings are internationally organized acts of violence. The two cannot be compared.

Brave men, but I don't want to see them diffusing without basic bomb squad equipment/suit or it is normal for army people to do it. They do the same in battlefield when diffusing mines ?

I saw a video of forces (CRPF I think) diffusing mines in Naxalite areas same way, few have died too.

The soldiers in the pic are not from the Indian army, nor the CRPF. They look like Bihar Police/ BMP. He also doesn't seem to be diffusing the bomb.

IA bomb disposal:

[Bigfella]

Most likely a revenge attack for the anti-Muslim riots in Burma.

I imagine Rohingya communities in Myanmar & related communities in Bangladesh & perhaps further afield will provide fertile recruiting grounds for hardline Islamist groups. Yet another example of creating a problem where none previously existed or dramatically worsening an existing problem.

[Double Edge]

By that account if someone is pissed that there is no church in KSA, they should attack Muslims elsewhere... Oh, wait?

If you want to generalise it, then say X community's violence on Sunnis creates problems for countries with sizeable Sunni populations.

KSA with Syria
India with Burma

Loosely speaking ofc :)