2013 Patna bombings
2013 attacks in Bihar, India
On 27 October 2013, a series of bomb blasts rocked the Indian city of Patna, Bihar at a large election rally for Narendra Modi, the then Bharatiya Janata Party candidate for Prime Minister. Of the estimated 300,000 participants at the "Hunkar" rally, six people were killed and 85 others were injured in eight bomb blasts.
No one initially claimed responsibility for the bombings. In 2021, members of the Indian Mujahideen, who had been the initial suspects, and the Students' Islamic Movement of India were convicted of carrying out the attacks.
Bombings
On the morning of 27 October 2013, the first bomb exploded at Patna Junction railway station at around 10:00, while two unexploded bombs were recovered by bomb disposal personnel. The second bomb exploded at 12:10, while the third bomb exploded at 12:25, both near Gandhi Maidan, where the Bharatiya Janata Party's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi was supposed to hold a rally in the lead-up to the 2014 Indian general election a couple of hours later. There were five other blasts from which three bombs exploded in and out of the Gandhi Maidan Marg, one exploded near a cinema hall and another close to the Twin Tower building complex in Patna.
The chronology of the bombings were:
09:30 Public Toilet
11:40 near Udyog Bhawan
12:05 near eastern side of Regent Cinema
12:10 near Mahatma Gandhi Statue at Gandhi Maidan
12:15 near Twin Towers of southern periphery of Gandhi Maidan
12:20 near State Bank of India (western Gandhi Maidan)
12:25 near Children's Park (North-western side)
13:35 Modi started his speech.
17:15 inside Gandhi Maidan
Railway station
A crude bomb exploded on an isolated place on platform 10 of Patna Junction railway station. One person who sustained injuries in this blast died.
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