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On 7 July 2013 a series of ten bombs exploded in and around the Mahabodhi Temple complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Bodh Gaya, India. Five people, including two Buddhist monks, were injured by the blasts. Three other devices were defused by bomb-disposal squads at a number of locations in Gaya.〔 The temple itself and the Bodhi Tree (where Gautama Buddha is believed to have attained enlightenment) were undamaged. However, the Archaeological Survey of India confirmed damage to new structures in the temple complex. International figures, including the Dalai Lama, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Myanmar Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, condemned the attacks. On 4 November 2013, the National Investigation Agency announced that the Indian Mujahideen was responsible for the bombings. ==Bombings== The Mahabodhi Mahavihara is an important temple for Buddhists worldwide.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.mahabodhimahavihara.org/bodhgaya/history.aspx )〕 The bombs exploded between 05:30 and 06:00 IST (00:30–01:00 UTC), concurrently with the Sutta chanting and meditation which begin the daily routine of the ''mahavihara''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.mahabodhimahavihara.org/puja.aspx )〕 Four of the blasts occurred within the Mahabodhi Temple complex:〔 *The first bomb exploded at 5:30 IST, during prayers in the temple sanctuary. *About two minutes later a bomb exploded on the east side of the complex, at the Animesh Lochna Temple. Wooden bookshelves, stacked with Buddhist scriptures, were damaged by this blast. *A third bomb exploded on the south side of the complex, at the Butter Lamp House. This blast damaged the Bodhgaya Temple Management Committee (BTMC) ambulance parked there. *A fourth bomb exploded on the north side of the complex, inside a small shrine; however, an image of the Buddha in the shrine was unaffected by the blast. Five blasts occurred in Gaya, within a 500-metre radius of the Mahabodhi Temple complex:〔 *A small bomb exploded at an statue of the Buddha. *Three bombs exploded at the Tergar (Tibetan)〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://tergar.org/ )〕 Monastery. One bomb was placed behind the door of a classroom where children study Buddhism. The windows and classroom doors were damaged; there were no injuries, since the children were on holiday. *One bomb exploded on a bus parked at the Sujata bypass. Indian Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said on 8 July that there were ten blasts, not nine as earlier reported; it was unclear where the tenth bomb detonated.〔〔〔 Despite the blasts, BTMC monks opened the main sanctuary of the temple for routine prayer and rituals.〔 Bomb-disposal squads defused three more bombs, which did not explode because the analog timers in them failed. The bomb-detection team separated the detonator from the power source to defuse these bombs: *A cylinder bomb at the Tergar monastery *Another bomb near the 80-foot statue of the Buddha *A third bomb was found during the afternoon, near the Royal Residence Hotel in the village of Baiju Bigaha. Three pamphlets, handwritten in Urdu, were reportedly found with the defused bombs. Code words in two of the pamphlets seemed to describe the locations where the bombs would be planted, while the third pamphlet included the phrase "Revenge for Iraq". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bodh Gaya bombings」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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