Blasts at Bodh Gaya temple in India

Multiple small bomb blasts at one of Buddhism’s holiest sites — the Bodh Gaya temple complex in eastern India — wounded two monks on Sunday but the historic temple was undamaged, police said.

July 07, 2013
Blasts at Bodh Gaya temple in India
Blasts at Bodh Gaya temple in India

 


 


PATNA — Multiple small bomb blasts at one of Buddhism’s holiest sites — the Bodh Gaya temple complex in eastern India — wounded two monks on Sunday but the historic temple was undamaged, police said. The Indian government called the blasts a “terror attack” after nine bombs exploded at the complex in Bihar state which attracts Buddhists and other visitors from all over the world. No one claimed responsibility for the attack, but police said they earlier warned officials that militants could target the site as revenge for Buddhist violence against Muslims in neighboring Myanmar. “Four blasts took place inside the temple complex,” Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde told reporters. “Three blasts took place near the Karmapa monastery while one each happened near the Buddha statue and a tourist bus stand outside.” Two more bombs were found and defused at the complex, one of them near the 80-feet-tall  statue of the Buddha, the minister said. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh condemned the blasts at the complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and said that “such attacks on religious places will never be tolerated”. — AFP


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