| 2013 Patna bombings | |
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 Map of the 2013 Patna attacks | |
| Location |
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| Coordinates | 25°36′28.77″N 85°10′03.06″E / 25.6079917°N 85.1675167°E |
| Date | 27 October 2013 (UTC+05:30) |
| Target | Narendra Modi and his supporters |
Attack type | Bombings, mass murder, assassination attempt |
| Weapons | Eight crude bombs[1] |
| Deaths | 6[2] |
| Injured | 85[1] |
| Perpetrators | Indian Mujahideen Students' Islamic Movement of India[3] |
| Accused | 10 |
| Convicted | 9 |
| Verdict |
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On 27 October 2013, a series of bomb blasts rocked the Indian city of Patna, Bihar at a massive election rally for Narendra Modi, the then Bharatiya Janata Party candidate for Prime Minister. Of the estimated 300,000 participants at the "Hunkar" rally, six people were killed and 85 others were injured in eight bomb blasts.[2][1][4][5][6]
No one initially claimed responsibility for the bombings.[7] In 2021, members of the Indian Mujahideen, who had been the initial suspects, and the Students' Islamic Movement of India were convicted of carrying out the attacks.[3][8]
- ^ a b c Simantik Dowerah (27 October 2013). "Patna blasts live: 8th explosion hits Gandhi Maidan at 5.10 pm".
- ^ a b Gyan Prakash; Sayantanee Choudhury; Deeptiman Tiwary (28 October 2013). "6 killed in 8 explosions as IM targets Modi's Patna rally". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ Shubham Ghosh (27 October 2013). "Hunkaar Rally updates: 7 blasts in Patna, say reports".
- ^ "Serial blasts at Patna hours ahead of Narendra Modi's rally; 1 dead, 16 injured". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
- ^ Balwani, Shikhar. "Indian City of Patna Targeted as Bombings Kill Five". Bloomberg. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
- ^ "Indian Mujahideen plotted the Serial Bomb Blasts in Patna". biharprabha.com. Retrieved 28 October 2013.