2010 Pune bombing

2010 Pune bombing
Part of Terrorism in India
Pune is located in Maharashtra
Pune
Pune
Pune is located in India
Pune
Pune
LocationPune, Maharashtra, India
Coordinates18°32′23″N 73°53′14″E / 18.53972°N 73.88722°E / 18.53972; 73.88722
Date13 February 2010; 14 years ago (2010-02-13)
19:15 IST[1] (UTC+5:30)
Attack type
Bombing
WeaponImprovised explosive device
Deaths18[2][3][4]
Injured54+[5]
Perpetrators

The 2010 Pune bombing, also known as 13/7 and the German bakery blast, occurred on 13 February 2010 at approximately 19:15 Indian Standard Time, when a bomb exploded at a German bakery in the Indian city of Pune, Maharashtra. The blast killed 18 people, and injured at least 60 more,[8] including an Italian woman, two Sudanese students and an Iranian student.[9]

The German bakery is located near the local Jewish Chabad House and the Osho International Meditation Resort in Koregaon Park, Pune. Both the ashram and the bakery are frequented by foreigners; the bakery was filled with tourists and locals at the time of the attack.

Two Islamist groups, Lashkar-e-Taiba and the Indian Mujahideen (Students' Islamic Movement of India), claimed responsibility for the bombing under pseudonymous names. According to Indian government agencies, the attack could have been part of a project by Lashkar-e-Taiba to use the Indian Mujahideen in what is called the "Karachi Project". David Coleman Headley, a Pakistani−American terrorist who co-plotted the 2008 Mumbai attacks, has been accused of involvement in the project and bombing.

  1. ^ ET Bureau (14 February 2010). "Pune blast clouds trust ahead of peace talks". The Economic Times.
  2. ^ Siddhesh Inamdar (27 February 2010). "Pune blast toll goes up to 17". The Hindu. Pune.
  3. ^ IANS (24 February 2010). "Pune blast toll goes up to 16". The Hindu. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
  4. ^ "Toll rises to 15 with two more deaths". NetIndian. 21 February 2010. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
  5. ^ Asseem Shaikh, Swati Shinde and Mihir Tanksale (14 February 2010). "Blast rips Pune's German Bakery 9 dead 45 wounded". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
  6. ^ Nirupama Subramanian and Praveen Swami (17 February 2010). "New Jihadist group claims responsibility for Pune attack". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Archived from the original on 2 March 2010.
  7. ^ Pratik Salunke (24 February 2010). "2 outfits lay claim to Pune blast". The Asian Age. Pune.
  8. ^ "Terror strike in Pune, 9 dead in bomb blast". IBN Live. Archived from the original on 16 February 2010.
  9. ^ Harmeet Singh, Tom Watkins (14 February 2010). "Iranian, Italian among Indian bakery blast dead". CNN. Retrieved 14 February 2010.