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Buddhist Holy Site Is Bombed In India

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Channel: Wrath0fKhan · 2013 · People & Blogs

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Small bombs went off around a famous Buddhist temple in eastern India, injuring two people, authorities said. CNN reports.

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Mumbai is our next target after Bodh Gaya: 'IM' (hindustantimes, July 10, 2013)
http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Bihar/Mumbai-is-our-next-target-after-Bodh-Gaya-claims-IM/Article1-1090040.aspx
"A Twitter account purportedly belonging to terror outfit Indian Mujahideen (IM) has claimed responsibility for Sunday's Bodh Gaya serial blasts and also warned that the next target would be Mumbai ... The tweet about Mumbai —dated July 6, a day before the Bihar blasts — reads: "Hamara Agla Target Mumbai Hai. Rock Sago Toh Rock Lo, 7 days Left (Our next target is Mumbai. Stop us if you can. Seven days left)"." 

Terror strikes Bodh Gaya, serial blasts rock Mahabodhi Temple
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Terror-strikes-Bodh-Gaya-serial-blasts-rock-Mahabodhi-Temple/articleshow/20953906.cms?
"GAYA: Terror struck the temple town of Bodh Gaya in Bihar, as nine serial explosions rocked the Mahabodhi Temple complex on Sunday morning. Two tourists, including a monk from Myanmar, have been injured in the blasts. The injured are being treated at the Anugrah Narain Magadh Medical College hospital. Union home secretary Anil Goswami confirmed that the Bodh Gaya blasts were a terror attack. Bihar Police suspect the involvement of Indian Mujahideen in the temple blasts. Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar strongly condemned the serial blasts in and around the temple and demanded deployment of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) to protect the world famous Buddhist shrine..."

World Heritage List
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Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1056
The Mahabodhi Temple Complex is one of the four holy sites related to the life of the Lord Buddha, and particularly to the attainment of Enlightenment. The first temple was built by Emperor Asoka in the 3rd century B.C., and the present temple dates from the 5th or 6th centuries. It is one of the earliest Buddhist temples built entirely in brick, still standing in India, from the late Gupta period.

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