Akshardham Temple attack

Akshardham Hindu Temple Attack
Swaminarayan Akshardham (Gandhinagar)
Akshardham class=notpageimage| Location of attack within Gujarat
Location	Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
Coordinates	23°13′45″N 72°40′27″E / 23.22917°N 72.67417°E / 23.22917; 72.67417
Date	24 September 2002 (2002-09-24)–25 September 2002 (2002-09-25) 4:45 pm – 6:45 am (IST)
Attack type	Bombings, shootings
Weapons	Grenades, AK-47
Deaths	32 (including both terrorists)[1]
Injured	At least 80[1]
Perpetrators	2 Murtaza Hafiz Yasin Ashraf Ali Mohammad Farooq[1]
Defenders	Gujarat Police National Security Guard CRPF RAF Border Security Force

On 24 September 2002, multiple Pakistani terrorists attacked the Akshardham Temple Complex in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India, killing 33 (excluding the attackers) and injuring more than 80. India's National Security Guard intervened and ended the siege the next day, killing the terrorists. Six accused were later arrested by Gujarat Police.^[2] The Supreme Court acquitted all six persons in 2014.