This Saturday evening, a series of bomb blasts struck the popular shopping area of Connaught Place in the Indian capital of New Delhi, injuring around 60 people and killing atleast 18. CNN-IBN, a local television news channel, reported that it received an
e-mail sent just before the blasts that read: “In the name of Allah, Indian Mujahedeen strikes back once more. … Do whatever you can. Stop us if you can.”
One went off by a metro station entrance on a major road and a police officer at the scene said a bomb appeared to have been left inside a garbage bin, but authorities were still investigating.
I had just settled in a sofa in Cafe Coffee Day, hoping to relax for a half hour after work and before I was to head back home. I had just got my cafe frappe and cookies when I saw this news flash on the tv screen in the coffeeshop. All the patrons immediately stopped doing whatever they were doing at that time and asked for the volume to be increased.
I immediately called up my buddy Anil who is now based in Delhi to check if he was ok. He too had just heard about the blasts, since he lives in an area of Delhi 16 kms away from the blasts area. I asked him to be careful tonight and not go out for drinks & dinner. I only know him in Delhi but my heart goes out to each & everyone who was affected by this heinous crime in the name of some fundamentalist doctrine and bullshit over a non-existant god or allah or whatever the fuck you might wanna call air!
Terror strikes again – when will these blasted Islamists have enough. Fuck you and you jihad. Shove it up your ass!
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