2011 Delhi bombing

2011 Delhi bombing
2011 Delhi bombing is located in Delhi
Delhi High Court
Delhi High Court
Location of the 2011 Delhi bombing
LocationSher Shah Road, Delhi, India
Coordinates28°36′32″N 77°14′10″E / 28.6090°N 77.2362°E / 28.6090; 77.2362 (2011 Delhi bombing)
Date7 September 2011
10:14 IST (UTC+05:30)
Attack type
Bombings
WeaponsImprovised explosive devices made with Ammonium nitrate, PETN
Deaths15[1]
Injured79[1]
PerpetratorsHarkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami[2]
Indian Mujahideen
MotiveCommuting 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]

  1. ^ a b Cases NIA
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference express1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Terror strikes Delhi again, 11 dead in HC blast". CNN-IBN. 7 September 2011. Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
  4. ^ "Incident Summary for GTDID: 201109070009". Global Terrorism Database. Retrieved 19 August 2022.