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| Malegaon bombs made by Mumbai man |
| 2006-11-04 |
| The devices and explosives used in the Malegaon blasts on September 8 this year were assembled at a godown in the textile town and were made by a Mumbai-based man, sources in the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) said. The Mumbai-based man had been trained by Al Badr, a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) wing, the police said. More than a dozen people from Malegaon, suspected to have links with the blasts, are under our radar," sources said. However, the police are yet to ascertain whether the blasts were executed by Al Badr or LeT. "We are trying to find out from where the accused got the RDX used in all the four bombs and who had smuggled it," the sources said. Investigators also indicated at some Pakistani nationals' involvement in the blasts. An ATS officer said, "The Mumbai-based man had undergone bomb-making training in Pakistan. He reached Malegaon in the first week of September, stayed there for a couple of days and after assembling the bombs returned to Mumbai." The ATS claimed that the suspects' motive was to create communal riots in the town. When asked why the accused bombed a Muslim cemetry, an officer said, "The planters didn't know that it was a heavy bomb. They were told that nobody would die and it would create panic among the public." An ATS team comprising DCP Bawiskar, ACP Kisan Shengal, inspector Sanjay Khaire and sub-inspectors Sunil Mane and Dyaneshwar Ahwari — is probing the case, which killed 38 people. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 So is a 'godown' a noun or a verb? it sounds like it is a noun in this story, but in the good old US of A it is usually a verb. |
| Posted by: USN,Ret 2006-11-04 21:01 |
| #2 Made by a Muslim is more important. "Koran Motivated terrorism" is a phrase that the media will do anything to dance around. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles in Blairistan 2006-11-04 06:32 |
| #1 GODZILLA vs MAGELON??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-11-04 00:13 |