2010 Bangalore stadium bombing
2010 Bangalore stadium bombing occurred on 17 April 2010 in M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India before a 2010 Indian Premier League match between the Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians. Two bombs exploded around a heavily packed Cricket stadium in which fifteen people were injured. A third bomb was defused outside the stadium. According to the Bangalore City Police, the blasts were caused by low-intensity crude bombs made of powergel which is used in quarrying and were triggered by timers. On 18 April, two more bombs were located near the stadium during search operations.
| 2010 Bangalore stadium bombing | |
|---|---|
| Location | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
| Date | 17 April 2010 15:15 and 15:30 (UTC+5:30) |
Attack type | Bombings |
| Weapons | 3 time-triggered IEDs |
| Injured | 15 |
| Perpetrators | Indian Mujahideen |
| Accused | 14 |
| Convicted | 3 |
| Verdict | 7 years imprisonment (for 3 facilitators) |
Yasin Bhatkal of the Indian Mujahideen is the prime accused in the case (among 14 others of whom 7 have been apprehended), another accused Mohammad Qateel Siddiqui – also of the Indian Mujahideen – was killed by inmates at the Yerawada Central Jail for his alleged involvement in the attack.
In July, 2018 a National Investigation Agency special court convicted and sentenced 3 of the 14 accused, Gowhar Aziz Khomani, Kamaal Hasan and Mohammad Kafeel Akhtar (all from Bihar), to seven years in jail after they pleaded guilty. They had conspired and facilitated the terrorists who then prepared and planted the explosives.