Col R
Hariharan
[This
background paper was used for a TV discussion by Col Hariharan on February 22,
2013. It was based on open source information]
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Two improvised explosive devices (IED) kept in tiffin boxes strapped to
bicycles had exploded minutes apart, in Dilsukh Nagar, a congested
Hyderabad suburb, around 7 pm on February 22. So far 17 people are reported to
have died. Over 100 people were injured – some of them seriously – in the
explosions. The area, which was also the scene of an earlier terrorist strike, has
two cinema theatres. The explosions occurred 200 yards from a popular Sai Baba
temple which is crowded located in the area where devotees throng on Thursdays.
