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| 8 confirmed dead, 33 injured in blast at Pune bakery |
| 2010-02-13 |
| PUNE: In a suspected terror attack, eight people were killed and up to 40 injured in a bomb explosion in a popular bakery near a Jewish prayer house here in the first major strike after the 26/11 carnage in Mumbai. The blast occurred in the German Bakery, an old business establishment in the Cantonment area of the city, at around 1930 hours. The famous Osho Ashram, frequented by foreigners, is also located in the vicinity of the blast site. US terror suspect David Headley is believed to have stayed at the Ashram during his visit to the city. "It's most probably a terror attack. We are sending a forensic team of CBI and personnel of National Investigative Agency (NIA)", Union Home Secretary Gopal Krishna Pillai said in New Delhi. Official sources said an Improvised Explosive Device was used to trigger the blast. Maharashtra Minister of State for Home Ramesh Bagve, who is an MLA from the constituency, said upto 40 people were injured, three of them seriously. A team of Anti-Terrorism Squad and bomb disposal squad visited the spot to ascertain the nature of the blast. |
| Posted by:john frum |
| #9 Have a good friend who lives there. Hope she's ok.... |
| Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie 2010-02-13 19:32 |
| #8 Yes - in India, close to Bombay (oops - Mumbai), alternate spelling Poona - many western visitors from the 60's-70's on - may have been on the Beatles itinerary at one point. Now a center of western hi-tech corps. and so forth. This is all w/o visiting Wiki etc.. - always struck me as sort of the 2nd tier of large Indian urban areas - as Philly/Boston are to NY and DC. An obvious target, if slightly less so than Goa. |
| Posted by: Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division 2010-02-13 15:41 |
| #7 Wonder how Pakistan handles this one? Deny, deny, deny. BTW, isn't Pune in India? Since there were no consequences for nearly 200 massacred in Mumbai, why worry about a few dead tourists? |
| Posted by: ed 2010-02-13 13:33 |
| #6 Wonder how Pakistan handles this one? pretty obvious: you blame the presence of the Jewish Prayer House, which inflames pious muslims |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-02-13 13:15 |
| #5 oops - "the" BBC report. |
| Posted by: Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division 2010-02-13 13:12 |
| #4 Just read he BBC report - definitely a bombing. ed describes what happened. Again, a very "western" target, multinational city, lots of students/tourists/business visitors. Wonder how Pakistan handles this one? |
| Posted by: Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division 2010-02-13 13:12 |
| #3 If the explosion occurred in the baking area then one could assume a gas explosion. If the explosion was centered in the public/dining area then one could make the prediction it was a bomb. Since half the dead are foreign tourists, the odds say bombing. |
| Posted by: ed 2010-02-13 13:05 |
| #2 Sounds like the authorities know what happened, but, flour/grain dust is what led to the rash of silo explosions we've had in the not too recent past. Pune is a huge city, and comparatively "western", which explains the Jewish center and German bakery. |
| Posted by: Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division 2010-02-13 12:45 |
| #1 Pune: The explosion, which left about 8 persons, including three foreign nationals and 33 injured here this evening at the German Bakery, was a bomb blast in which Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was used. At least five to seven kilogram of IED was used in the bomb blast, which occured outside the German Bakery here, NDTV reported Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) sources as saying. Initial reports suggested Indian Mujahideen is being suspected to be behind the blast, the report added. At least eight persons, including three foreign nationals, have died and 40 injured, including a Sudan national, in the bakery blast which has occurred here at about 7.30 p.m. in Koregaon Park here. NDTV report stated home ministry sources saying that it looks like a bomb blast and it doesnÂ’t look like any normal blast. The blast occurred when an unidentified bag was being opened by someone, the report added. Meanwhile, another unclaimed bag has been found at the place of incident. The blast occurred at the German Bakery, Koregaon Park. It is located near Osho Ashram, which is visited by a lot of foreign nationals. Germany Bakery is a popular venue here and is visited by a lot of foreign nationals. The injured, meanwhile, have been rushed to the nearby Sassoon Hospital. The number of the injured is expected to rise. |
| Posted by: john frum 2010-02-13 12:37 |