| 2011 Delhi bombing | |
|---|---|
  Delhi High Court Location of the 2011 Delhi bombing | |
| Location | Sher Shah Road, Delhi, India |
| Coordinates | 28°36′32″N 77°14′10″E / 28.6090°N 77.2362°E |
| Date | 7 September 2011 10:14 IST (UTC+05:30) |
Attack type | Bombings |
| Weapons | Improvised explosive devices made with Ammonium nitrate, PETN |
| Deaths | 15[1] |
| Injured | 79[1] |
| Perpetrators | Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami[2] Indian Mujahideen |
| Motive | Commuting death sentence of Afzal Guru |
The 2011 Delhi bombing took place in the Indian capital Delhi on Wednesday, 7 September 2011 at 10:14 local time outside Gate No. 5 of the Delhi High Court, where a suspected briefcase bomb was planted.[3] The blast killed 15 people and injured 79. Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami claimed responsibility for the attack, and is believed to have carried out the attack with support from the Indian Mujahideen, it stated motive was the commuting of the death sentence for 2001 Indian Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru.[4]
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