2008 Agartala bombings

2008 Agartala bombings
LocationAgartala, India
Coordinates23°30′N 91°10′E / 23.5°N 91.16°E / 23.5; 91.16
Date1 October 2008
21:30 (UTC+05:30)
Attack type
5 serial blasts[1]
WeaponsCrude bombs
Deaths4[2][3]
Injured76[2][3]-100[4][5]
PerpetratorsAll-Tripura Tiger Force

In the 2008 Agartala bombings at least 4 people were killed and a 100 injured on 1 October 2008 in a series of 5 blasts set off in Agartala, capital of the Indian state of Tripura, within 45 minutes, while two unexploded bombs were defused.[3][6]

This is the fourth series of blasts in India within a week, the other three being the 27 September Delhi bombing, and the Malegoan and Modasa bombings.

  1. ^ Sen, Arijit (2 October 2008). "Agartala on terror map as 5 blasts rock city". CNN-IBN. Retrieved 2 October 2008.
  2. ^ a b Bhaumik, Subir (1 October 2008). "Blasts 'kill four' in India state". BBC News. Retrieved 1 October 2008.
  3. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference TOI was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Blasts in India kill at least 2; 100 injured". International Herald Tribune. 1 October 2008. Retrieved 1 October 2008.
  5. ^ Syed Sajjad Ali (1 October 2008). "Two killed, 100 injured in Tripura blasts". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 1 January 2009. Retrieved 2 October 2008.
  6. ^ "Five blasts rock Agartala; 2 dead, 70 injured". CNN-IBN. 2 October 2008. Retrieved 2 October 2008.

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