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| Two foreigners among Pune victims: police |
| 2010-02-15 |
| [Dawn] An Italian and an Iranian were among the nine people killed in a bomb attack at a restaurant in the western Indian city of Pune, police said Sunday. Pune police commissioner Satyapal Singh identified the two as Nadia Macerini and Syed Abdul Khari, the latter a student at the Symbiosis Institute law school in Pune. Twelve foreigners were also among the 60 people injured in Saturday's blast. Five of the 12 were from Iran, two from Sudan, two from Nepal, and one each from Yemen, Taiwan and Germany, he said. Maharashtra state police inspector general Rashmi Shukla told reporters in Mumbai that Israeli, German and US establishments in the state had been told to be on higher alert. The bomb, hidden in a backpack under a table, exploded on Saturday evening at the German Bakery restaurant, a magnet for young Indians and foreign tourists. The eatery is near an ashram, or religious retreat, popular with overseas visitors and a Jewish cultural and religious centre run by the orthodox Chabad-Lubavitch movement. No arrests have yet been made and an investigation is under way, Singh told reporters. The Indian government has already announced compensation of 200,000 rupees (4,300 dollars) to the families of those killed and 100,000 rupees to the injured. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 NEWS KERALA > INDIAN MUJAHIDEEN [IM] SUSPECTED IN PUNE BLAST | PUNE WAS A FORMER "IMPORTANT BASE" FOR INDIAN MUJAHIDEEN. * SAME > VARIOUS > [LeT Operative] HEADLEY LINKED/SURVEYED AREA OF PUNE BLAST. * DAILY TIMES.PK > AL QAEDA-LINKED GROUP ["313 Brigades"] VOWS ATTACKS ACROSS INDIA, until INDJUH gives People of KASHMIR [Muslims]right to self-determination + withdraws its mil forces [Indian Army] from same. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-02-15 19:28 |