2010 Bangalore stadium bombing occurred on 17 April 2010 in

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, India before a

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match between the

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and

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. Two bombs exploded around a heavily packed

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in which fifteen people were injured. A third bomb was defused outside the stadium. According to the

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, the blasts were caused by low-intensity crude bombs made of powergel which is used in quarrying and were triggered by timers. On 18 April, two more bombs were located near the stadium during search operations.

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of the

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is the prime accused in the case (among 14 others of whom 7 have been apprehended), another accused Mohammad Qateel Siddiqui – also of the Indian Mujahideen – was killed by inmates at the

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for his alleged involvement in the attack. In July, 2018 a

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convicted and sentenced 3 of the 14 accused, Gowhar Aziz Khomani, Kamaal Hasan, and Mohammad Kafeel Akhtar (all from

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), to seven years in jail after they pleaded guilty. They had conspired and facilitated the terrorists who then prepared and planted the explosives.

Background

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India Today Group Online India already suffered from a series of blasts in Jaipur, in May 2008.

The bombings

The stadium was filled with spectators watching a popular cricket tournament. An hour before the start of the match two bombs had exploded and a third bomb was found and defused outside the stadium. According to the witness there was a loud sound and people started running. After the bomb blast police secured the area following which the Twenty20 cricket match between the home team

and

, started an hour late at (1700 IST).

Casualties

Initial reports indicated that ten people had been injured. The number of injured later increased to fifteen, including five security men.

Investigations

Preliminary investigations soon after the event showed that a timer device had been used for the bombings. The police commissioner of Bangalore, Shankar Bidari, said that it was a "minor bomb blast" and that investigations were "in full swing" to find out who was responsible.

Abdul Naseer Madani

In Aug 2010, People's Democratic Party chairman

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admitted involvement in the bombing. Karnataka home minister

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had said that there was "an indirect involvement in a blast outside Chinnaswamy stadium. A clearer picture will emerge in a couple of days. More arrests are likely and inquiry may reveal more names''"'' Madani was arrested on 17 August at

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in connection with the 2008 Bangalore serial blasts case.

Impacts

The Bangalore stadium blasts had necessitated the shifting of two

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matches from Bangalore to

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References

External links

Incident Summary
at the

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