Incident Summary:

09/30/2008: On Tuesday evening at 1930 during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, the first of six serial bombs went off at the Radhanagar bus stand in Agartala, Tripura province, India. Three more blasts went off at nearby markets over a 90 minute time span killing a total of four people and wounding at least 76 others. Two additional bombs were discovered by police and safely defused preventing further casualties. The bombs, which contained pellets, were set off by sophisticated timers according to police. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident, although authorities suspect Bangladesh based Harkat ul-Jihad-e-Islami (HuJI) militants carried out the attack.

GTD ID:
200809300003

When:
2008-09-30

Country:
India

Region:
South Asia

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Tripura

City:
Agartala

Location Details:
The bombing attack took place at the Radhanagar bus stand in Agartala, Tripura province, India.

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Bombing/Explosion
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Transportation
Name of Entity
Specific Description The Radhanagar bus stand
Nationality of Target India
Additional Information
Hostages No
Ransom No
Property Damage Unknown
Extent of Property Damage Unknown
Value of Property Damage Unknown
Weapon Information
Type Sub-type
Explosives Time Fuse
Weapon Details
Unknown explosives containing pellets and sophisticated timers were used in the bombing attack.
Additional Information
Suicide Attack?No
Part of Multiple Incident?Yes
Criterion 1 (more) Yes
Criterion 2 (more) Yes
Criterion 3 (more) Yes
Doubt Terrorism Proper (more) No
Additional Information This was one of six related attacks (cf. 200809300004,200809300002, 200809300007, 200809300008 and 200809300009). The available sources listed the fatalities for these attacks cumulatively as four, and the injuries for these attacks cumulatively as 76, so these figures have been distributed evenly for these cases in order to preserve statistical accuracy in the database.
Perpetrator Group Information
Group Name Claimed Responsibility
Harkatul Jihad-e-Islami (suspected) No
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators 0
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties 1 Fatalities / 19 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities 1
Number of U.S. Fatalities 0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities 0
Total Number of Injured 19
Number of U.S. Injured 0
Number of Perpetrators Injured 0
Sources
Press TV, "4 Killed in India's Serial Blasts," October 1, 2008, http://www.presstv.ir/Detail.aspx?id=71079§ionid=351020402.
Reuters, "Blasts Kill Two, Wound 100 in India's Northeast," Reuters, October 1, 2008.
Subir Fhaumik, "Blasts 'Kill Four' in India State," BBC Monitoring South Asia, October 1, 2008.