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2012 Pune bombings

2012 Pune bombings
Map of the 2012 Pune attacks showing the principal targets numbered: (1) Balgandharva Auditorium, (2) Near Dena Bank, JM Road, (3) McDonald's restaurant, (4) near Garware Bridge.
Pune is located in India
Pune
Pune
Pune (India)
LocationMultiple locations at J.M. Road, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Date1 August 2012 (IST, UTC+05:30)
Attack type
Bombings
DeathsNone reported
Injured1
PerpetratorsIndian Mujahideen
MotiveTo avenge the murder at Pune's Yerwada Jail of Qatil Siddiqui, who was an accused in the German Bakery blast case[1][2]

The 2012 Pune bombings was a series of four coordinated[3] low-intensity bombing attacks that occurred on 1 August 2012 across Pune,[4][5] the ninth-largest metropolis in India.[6] As of October 2012, Indian Mujahideen, a terrorist group based in India, is suspected to be behind the attacks.[1][7]

The explosions occurred at locations within a radius of 1 km in Jangli Maharaj Road: in front of Balgandharva Auditorium, opposite to KFC restaurant near Garware Bridge, Dena Bank branch at Jangli Maharaj Road, and in front of a McDonald's restaurant.[8] A fifth live bomb found on JM Road was later defused.[5] The bombs left one injured. All blasts occurred between 7:27 pm and 8:15 pm.[5][9]

The bombings took place on the evening when the new Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde was scheduled to visit the Tilak Smarak Ranga Mandir, a play theatre in the city, for an award ceremony.[8][10]

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  5. ^ a b c "Pune blasts live: All blasts occurred within 1 km radius, says Chavan". Firstpost.com. 1 August 2012.
  6. ^ "Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). censusindia. The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
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  8. ^ a b "Three explosions reported from Pune; 'not ruling out anything' say cops". NDTV. 1 August 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  9. ^ "Four blasts in Pune, one injured, on a night when Sushil Shinde, Home minister was expected". Indiavision news. 1 August 2012. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference DNA1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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