2005 Begumpet suicide bombing

The 2005 Begumpet suicide bombing resulted in the deaths of two persons at the Hyderabad City Police Commissioner's Task Force office at Begumpet.[1][2] On 12 October 2005, at around 7.30 PM IST, a suicide bomber detonated explosives outside the Task Force office killing himself and 45-year-old home guard A. Satyanarayana.

The suicide bomber was reported to be a Bangladeshi national Dalin alias Mohtasim Billal, member of Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (HuJI), a banned Islamic terror group.[3]

Ghulam Yazdani and Shahed Bilal key accused in the bombing died on 8 March 2006[4] and 30 August 2007[5] respectively. The bombing was reported to be carried out to avenge the killing of Mujahid Salim, son of SIMI patron Maulana Abdul Aleem Islahi,[6] by Gujarat police in 2004.[7]

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References
  1. "Blast in police task force office; 2 killed - Rediff.com India News". In.rediff.com. 12 October 2005. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  2. Jafri, Syed Amin (13 October 2005). "Hyderabad blast could be suicide bomb". Rediff.com. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  3. "Hyderabad suicide bombing case: 12 years later, 10 acquitted in Hyderabad suicide bombing case". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  4. "LeT ultra involved in Varanasi blasts killed in encounter". Dnaindia.com. 8 March 2006. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  5. "Terrorist Shahid Bilal dead: IB". Rediff.com. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  6. "Madannapet, Saidabad: The twin trouble spots | Hyderabad News". The Times of India. 10 April 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  7. "Hyderabad: Huji suicide blast case drags on for 11 years". Deccanchronicle. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

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