2004 Dimapur bombings

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2004 Dimapur bombings
Location Dimapur, Nagaland, India
Date2 October 2004;20 years ago (2004-10-02)
9:30 a.m. Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30)
Target Dimapur Railway Station and Hong Kong Market
Attack type
 bombings
Weapons Improvised explosive devices
Deaths30
Injured≈ 100
Perpetrators11 people (Hukum Ali and 10 others)
Motive Separatism

The 2004 Dimapur bombings, were a series of two coordinated attacks carried out by terrorists on the morning of Saturday, 2 October 2004 in Dimapur that targeted passengers at the Dimapur Railway Station and shoppers at the Hong Kong Market during the morning rush hour. The attack killed 30 people and about 100 others were injured. [1] [2] [3]

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The attacks occurred simultaneously at around 9:30 a.m. The attacks occurred—one at the Dimapur Railway Station, significantly damaging the platform at its surroundings and the other at the Hong Kong Market. To date, it was the deadliest terrorist attack in Nagaland. [4]

Attacks

At 9:30 a.m. on 2 October 2004, two bombs were detonated almost simultaneously at the Dimapur Railway Station and the Hong Kong Market. [5] [6]

The bomb at the station was reportedly planted in the station manager's room. The blast was so powerful that the entire platform of the station was blown off. [6]

In the aftermath all the trains enroute between Guwahati and Dibrugarh passing through Dimapur were suspended. [6]

Victims

Officials reported that 15 were killed at the Railway Station, 10 at the Hong Kong Market and 5 others succumbed to their injuries at the Dimapur Civil Hospital. [4]

Investigation

Perpetrators

10 suspects were apprehended by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the attacks.

Of the ten, one Nazimuddin committed suicide in police custody in 2010 and the other Hukum Ali, according to a report filed by the SIT, was the leader of the group that planted the bomb at the railway station, passed away in April 2014 of natural causes. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Twin bomb blasts rock Indian town". BBC . 2 October 2004. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "Bombs in northeast India kill 35". CNN . 2 October 2004. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  3. ↑ "India reels after deadly blasts". Al Jazeera . 3 October 2004. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  4. 1 2 "2004 Dimapur bomb blast case deferred". Eastern Mirror . 20 August 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "Terror strikes in North-East 35 dead, 100 injured as blasts rock Dimapur". The Tribune (Chandigarh) . 2 October 2004. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  6. 1 2 3 Vinayak, G (2 October 2004). "At least 30 killed in Nagaland blast". Rediff.com . Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  7. ↑ "2004 Bomb Blasts trial: Another Defendant dies in jail". The Morung Express . 20 May 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
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