Terror no more a distant reality in south India

Bangalore, a picture in contrast post blasts The chaos was more due to curious onlookers than the actual damage. New Delhi: The seven low intensity blasts that rocked Bangalore on Friday afternoon have once again brought the South into focus and this time it is for being a terror destination. Terror first visited to south India ten-years ago during the run up to the General Elections. The target was Coimbatore. Twelve blasts rocked the city and among the targets were a rally that BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani was to address barely minutes later. Advani escaped the attack allegedly targeted at him but 81 others were killed and 153 injured in the blasts. In December 28, 2005, terror struck again and this time it was outside the country's prestigious Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore. Unidentified gunmen fire... [read full story]                    

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