2006 Srinagar bombings

2006 grenade attacks

2006 Srinagar bombings

Srinagar

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Location of attacks

Location| Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Coordinates| 34°05′24″N 74°47′24″E﻿ / ﻿34.09000°N 74.79000°E﻿ / 34.09000; 74.79000
Date| 11 July 2006
11:40 am IST (UTC+5.30)

Attack type

| Bombings
Weapons| Grenades
Deaths| 8
Injured| 43

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11 July 2006 Srinagar bombings consisted of five grenade attacks by militants, killing 8 people and injuring 43 in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.[1]

## Attacks

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The attack took place within an hour of the departure of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's conclusion of a two-day round table conference.[2] The first attack occurred at 11:40 am when a grenade was thrown into a minibus carrying tourists from Bengal. Five people, died and another 10 were injured. The dead included a mother, her son and her daughter-in-law.[3] At 12:40 pm, another grenade was lobbed at a car with a Haryana registration number. Three bystanders were injured. At 1:10 pm, another grenade was thrown at a van carrying tourists in Lal Chowk. One person died and several were injured. A child lost one of his legs in the explosion. The last grenade was thrown at a taxi stand at 3:00 pm.[4]

## Aftermath

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Mohammad Afzal of the Baramulla district, who allegedly threw the grenade, was caught by onlookers and handed over to the police. He confessed to being a member of Lashkar-e-Taiba.[5][6] These bombings happened on the same day as 11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings and were overshadowed by them.

## Reaction

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UN secretary general Kofi Annan condemned both the attacks saying that "such acts cannot possibly be excused by any grievance".[7]

## See also

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* 2013 Srinagar attack
* 2001 Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly attack
* 2013 CRPF camp attack at Bemina

## References

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1. ^ Bombing toll rises to 190 in India, International Herald Tribune, 12 July 2006, 'Earlier on Tuesday, a series of grenade explosions struck Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-administered Kashmir, hitting a tourist bus. Eight people were killed and more than 40 wounded.'
2. ^ 6 tourists among 8 killed; 37 hurt, The Tribune, 12 July 2006.
3. ^ 7 tourists killed in Kashmir, Dawn. 12 July 2006.
4. ^ Not in our name, Salon, 12 July 2006.
5. ^ Eight killed, 37 injured in grenade attacks in Kashmir, The Hindu, 12 July 2006
6. ^ 8 killed, 43 injured in 5 grenade attacks in Srinagar, Daily Excelsior, 12 July 2006
7. ^ Secretary-General Appalled by Brutal Mumbai Bombing, Srinagar Grenade Attacks, Says, "Such Acts Cannot Possibly Be Excused by any Grievance", United Nations website, 12 July 2006.

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