# 2005 Delhi bombings

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The 29 October 2005 Delhi bombings occurred on 29 October 2005 in Delhi, India, killing 62 people and injuring at least 210 others in three explosions. The bombings came only two days before the important festival of Diwali, which is celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs, and Jains. The bombs were triggered in two markets in central and south Delhi and in a bus south of the city. Indian investigators believe the Kashmir separatist/ Islamic terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba was behind the attacks.

## Quotes

* It looked as if death itself had danced on the roads of Delhi that day.
** Tiwari, D. P., (2019). The great indian conspiracy. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.
* On 29 October 2005, the evening crowd had just begun to throng the busy Delhi markets. Even the newsroom had started to slip into the festive mood with Diwali just two days away. About an hour or so before prime time, news trickled that Paharganj, Sarjoni Nagar and Govindpuri had witnessed blasts. All the three bombs went off within a time span of 30 minutes. I rushed to Paharganj and later to Sarojini Nagar to report the blasts. The scene at these two locations was heart-rending. Human body parts littered the road. The police was trying to secure the area for vital evidence. But it wasn’t easy amidst the melee. The media personnel were struggling to reach the blast site amidst the prevailing confusion. In short, it looked as if death itself had danced on the roads of Delhi that day.
** Tiwari, D. P., (2019). The great indian conspiracy. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.
* The blast took 61 innocent lives. Out of these, 43 people were killed at Sarojini Nagar where I was stationed. The investigation revealed that a Pakistan-based terror group was behind the serial blasts. The security agencies nabbed 10 suspects from various parts of the country. Most of them were caught at railway platforms and bus stands. The sketches made after the blasts played an important role in these arrests.
** Tiwari, D. P., (2019). The great indian conspiracy. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.
* "The Security Council strongly condemns the series of bomb attacks that occurred in New Delhi, India, on 29 October 2005, causing numerous deaths and injuries, and expresses its deepest condolences to the victims of these heinous acts of terrorism and their families, and to the people and the Government of India.
** Security Council,
* In a statement, British Foreign Minister Jack Straw said "I utterly condemn the appalling attacks in Delhi, which appear to have been targeted at heavily populated areas to produce maximum carnage." He said the attacks were "yet another example of terrorists' cynical and callous disregard for human life," according to the statement issued by the British High Commission here.
** Jack Straw,
* Condemning Saturday's serial blasts in New Delhi, Pakistan said it was shocked by the "barbaric" and "criminal act of terrorism". "Pakistan strongly condemns the terrorist attacks in New Delhi, which have resulted in the loss of a number of innocent lives. The attack in a crowded market place is a criminal act of terrorism," a Pakistan Foreign Office statement said. "The people and government of Pakistan are shocked at this barbaric act and express deep sympathy with the families of the victims. We hope that a thorough investigation will be carried out and the perpetrators of this act of terrorism will be brought to justice," it said.
** Pakistan Foreign Office,
* Bangladesh Foreign Minister M Morshed Khan said the blasts were a most unfortunate, cowardly and heinous act. No human being or nation can tolerate it."
** M Morshed Khan ,
* South African President Thabo Mbeki in a message to President A P J Abdul Kalam expressed condolences on behalf of his government and the people. "The South African government joins the international community in condemning these heinous acts of terrorism, particularly in a country that espouses the principles of democracy and freedom of its people," he said.
** Thabo Mbeki,
* Maldives also condemned today's serial bombings in the Indian capital and expressed condolences to the familes of he victims, the foreign minister said. "We have strongly condemned the bombings and sent our sympathies to the families affected by this," Foreign Minister Ahmed Shaheed said at the Maldivian capital Male.
** Ahmed Shaheed