When will this end?

Terrorism in India in the last 15 years

12 March 1993 - Thirteen bomb explosions(RDX containing shrapnel) in Mumbai. 257 people dead and 713 injured.The first bomb blast was at the Bombay stock exchange at 1:30 PM and the last of the 13 bomb blast was at 3:40 PM

13 December 2001 - Attack on the Indian Parliament by Kashmiri militants - Five gunman infiltrated the parliament house in a car. 7 people were killed and 12 injured.

6 December 2002 - Bomb blast in a bus at Mumbai killing 2 people

27 January 2003 - A bomb exploded near the Vile Parle Station in Mumbai killing 1 and injuring 28

14 March 2003 - A bomb exploded in a train killing 10 people and injuring 70

28 July 2003 - Bomb explodes in a bus killing 4 people and injuring 32

25 August 2003 - Twin car bombings at mumbai killing 52 people and injuring nearly 150. One explosion was at the Gateway of India and the other near a hotel

5 July 2005 - Five militants attack the site of the destroyed Babri mosque. One civilian died and the five terrorist were shot dead

29 October 2005 - Three explosions in the capital of India , New Delhi just two days before Diwali. The bomb blast happened in two markets in Delhi. Death toll - 62 and 201 people were injured. The first blast occurred at 5:38 PM, the second at 6 PM and the third at 6:05 PM

7 March 2006 - This time the target was the hindu holy city of Varanasi. 28 people died and 101 injured. The first blast occurred in a Hindu temple and another occurred at the Varanasi cantonment railway station. Six bombs were defused from other ares in the city

14 April 2006 - Two explosions in the courtyard of Jama Masjid, a mosque in Old Delhi. At least 13 people were injured

11 July 2006 - Seven bomb blast that took place over a period of 11 minutes on the Mumbai Suburban - 209 people lost their lives and over 700 injured.

8 September 2006 -Series of bomb blast at Malegaon, Maharashtra. One bomb exploded next to a mosque at 13:15 IST(just after the friday prayers) killing 37 and injuring more than 125 civilians

18 February 2007 - Bomb blast in the Samjhauta express (a twice-weekly train service connecting Delhi & Lahore). 68 people Killed and at least 50 injured

18 May 2007 - Bomb blast in the famous Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad. Blast was caused by RDX bombs which were activated by mobiles. Death toll - 16 and atleast 100 were injured

25 August 2007 - Two bomb explosions - first one was at Lumbini amusement park and the second at a restaurant. Two more bombs were defused in other parts of the city. 42 people died and 54 injured in this blast

13 May 2008 - Nine bombs exploded within a span of fifteen minutes at Jaipur, Rajasthan. Tenth bomb was defused. 63 people died and atleast 216 were injured

25 July 2008 - Nine bombs exploded in the IT hub of India, Bangalore. Thankfully they were low intensity bombs. 2 people have been killed and 20 injured

26 July 2008 - 16 Bombs in Ahmedabad killing 30 people and injuring 100

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We are not a country who is in war and still we have lost 891 lives and 2685 lives in the last 15 years to these cowardly act of terrorism. Think about the fear & unrest that spreads among the Indian people when such a bomb blast occurs - people from all over the country are trying to reach their friends and relatives in the city where the bomb blast occurred and it takes a couple of hours and sometimes days for peace to return.

We cannot expect the police to have an eye on the one billion population to find out who is going to trigger a serious of explosions next and there is no way for the civilians to protect themselves against these terrorist. We would have to eliminate the root of terrorism...We all know where the roots are but are we too soft as a nation to hit back on the cowards who have been playing with the life of Indians? Should we not teach them a good lesson?

Praying that someone puts an end to all these meaningless killing of innocent civilians and just let us live in peace.