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GAYA: Nine serial explosions rocked the Mahabodhi Temple complex in Bodh Gaya on Sunday morning, leaving at least five people injured.
Union home secretary Anil Goswami confirmed that the Bodh Gaya blasts were a terror attack.
According to Gaya Police, the blasts took place in quick succession between 5.30 am and 6 am in the temple complex and near the Mahabodhi tree.
While four blasts took place inside the Mahabodhi Temple complex, three occurred in Karmapa monastery, one each near near the 80-ft Buddha statue and at the bus stand near bypass, DIG Magadh range Nayyer Hussnain Khan said.
Arvind Singh, a member of Mahabodhi Temple Management Commitee said two other bombs, one near the 80 feet statue and one at bus stand have been defused.
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and DGP Abhyanand have left for Bodh Gaya by road.
The two injured tourists, including a national of Myanmar and another of Tibet, are being treated at hospital, police said.
Additional director general of police (Law and Order) SK Bhardwaj said prima facie it seems the serial blasts have been done by some terrorist organisation.
The ADG said that there was a general alert about possibility of terrorist attacks in Bihar and the state police had tightened security.
"At Bodh Gaya temple, the police security arrangements are only outside the temple while the security inside is looked after by temple trust officials," he said.
"A team of NIA officers is coming to Bodh Gaya from Kolkata," DIG special branch Parasnath said.
The DIG said, "The sanctum sanctorum of the Mahabodhi Temple is intact. The temple premises have been sanitised."
The secretary of the Bodh Gaya committee Dorji said, "There were four blasts inside the temple premises. Fortunately, there was no damage to the Bodhi Tree or the main temple structure."
"In the first blast which took place near the Bodhi tree, a table was blown up because of which two persons were injured. The second blast, I think, was inside the enclosure where books were kept. The furniture was damaged but there was no damage to the monuments or statues," he said.
Asked about the nature of explosives used, S K Bharadwaj, ADG (Law and Order) said they were low intensity time bombs.
He said, "We got information about six-seven months back that there may be a terror attack on the Mahabodhi temple. After that we had beefed up secuirty and deployed extra forces".
Bodh Gaya Buddhist temple, around 10 km from Gaya and 100 km from capital Patna, is world famous. Lord Buddha had attained enlightenment here under the Mahabodhi tree in the temple premises.
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama makes frequent trips to Bodh Gaya and Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa had visited it six months back. A total of 52 countries have established their monasteries here.
These PEE...per had already destroyed our bamiyan buddha in afghanistan.
They are now trying to destroy the buddhist's holiest place. It is like the people of pee are climbing onto and shit on our heads.
All buddhist worldwide should contribute and do their parts to ensure that this will never happen again.
Did attacks on Muslims in Myanmar trigger Bodh Gaya blasts?
Are the serial blasts in Bodh Gaya a reaction to the persecution of Muslim minorities in Buddhist-majority Myanmar? Jihadists have been clamouring for action for long. Even Delhi Police had clear intelligence on it.
"The Indian government is working in cahoots with Burmese government to wipe out Muslim population of #Burma": Jama't ud Da'wah chief Hafiz Saeed, based in Lahore, had tweeted on June 14.
There were five more tweets by Saeed, whom India has accused of masterminding the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.
"The prevailing silence of international community on the issue of #Burma is saddening to say the least."
"It is also an obligation on the whole Muslim ummah to defend the rights and honor of #Rohingya Muslims in #Burma."
"It is a moral responsibility on the newly elected government to take practical measures for stopping this genocide of Muslims in #Burma."
"We will work for consensus between all religious and political parties on #Burma issue."
"Muslim rulers must unite and raise their voice for the genocide of muslims in #Burma at the security council."
Then on July 26, according to report published in Paksiatni newspaper The Express Tribune, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) threatened to "attack Burmese interests" if the Pakistan did not cut off its diplomatic relations with Myanmar.
The outfit also said it "we will take revenge of your blood".
This came out in a press release issued by Delhi Police's special cell on October 26 last year after the arrest of an IED trainer in the Pune blast case.
"Sustained interrogation of the accused arrested by us revealed that a person, namely, Sayed Maqbool @ Zuber, S/o Syed Haji, R/o Samtam Nagar, Near Madina Masjid, Dharmabad, Nanded, Maharashtra was in close association with them and together they planned to commit fiyadeen attacks on the Buddhist shrines in Bodh Gaya in Bihar as retaliation to the alleged atrocities being committed upon Muslims in Myanmar. Their plan had the approval and support of the Bhatkal brothers. Sayed Maqbool was arrested after great deal of efforts on 23rd October 2012 from Hyderabad where he had been hiding to evade his arrest.
Maqbool came in contact with Imran through a common friend. The latter introduced Maqbool to Asad and Irfan. Maqbool taught them how to make a bomb by using urea, diesel and fire cracker powder at Asad's farmhouse in Aurangabad. In April 2012, Imran introduced Maqbool to the Bhatkal brothers. Before the Pune serial blasts of 1st August, Maqbool, Irfan, Imran and Asad had discussed their plan of carrying out a fidayeen attack on Buddhist shrines at Bodh Gaya, Bihar. Since Bhatkals wanted to avenge the death of Qateel Siddiqui, they decided to carry out bomb blasts at Pune first."
Despite police knowing about it, the attacks did come, after nine months, a day after Tibetan Buddhists celebrated the Dalai Lama's 78th birthday.
At least 237 people have been killed and about 150,000 people displaced in Myanmar in clashes Buddhists and minority Muslims.
Most of the victims were Muslim and the most deadly incidents happened in Rakhine State, where about 800,000 Rohingya Muslims live, according to the United Nations.
Muslims make up about 5 percent of the 60 million people in Buddhist-majority Myanmar.
Why it is always the "people of peace" in conflict with the rest of civilisation. The peaceful people seems to have difficulty in co-existing with others.
"People of peace" VS Christians / Catholics
"People of peace" VS Hindus
"People of peace" VS Buddhists
"People of peace" VS Atheists
"People of peace" VS "People of peace"
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Just in South-East Asia there are already three hot-spot involving the 'people of peace'.
In southern thailand, we have malay-muslim (our friends) vs thai buddhist.
In Philippine, we have pinoy muslims vs pinoy catholics.
In myammar, we have rohinya muslim vs burmese buddhists.
Just in South-East Asia there are already three hot-spot involving the 'people of peace'.
In southern thailand, we have malay-muslim (our friends) vs thai buddhist.
In Philippine, we have pinoy muslims vs pinoy catholics.
In myammar, we have rohinya muslim vs burmese bud
Just juz 3 only lah......
how about those sporadic outbreaks in our neighbours malaysia and indonesia...........
to be correct, it is many many.........
Not just 3 only lah......
how about those sporadic outbreaks in our neighbours malaysia and indonesia...........
to be correct, it is many many.........