Gunmen fire at tourist bus in Delhi; two Taiwanese injured

New Delhi, Sep 19 (PTI) In incidents apparently
intended to cause terror ahead of Commonwealth Games, two
unidentified motorcycle-borne attackers Sunday shot and
injured two Taiwanese nationals outside the Jama Masjid here
which was followed by a crude pressure cooker bomb blast in a
car in the same area.
Delhi Police appeared to be ruling out the role of any
organised terror group but intelligence experts said it could
be a handiwork of outlawed Indian Mujahideen, which was behind
a series of blasts in several cities, including Delhi and
Ahmedabad.
The Indian Mujahideen claimed responsibility for the
attack in an e-mail sent to PTI and some other news
organisations and threatened terror strikes during the Games.
A red alert was sounded across the capital after the
incident in which the two bikers, wearing raincoats and
helmets, fired 7-8 rounds on the stationary vehicle adjacent
to Gate No 3 of the mosque and 100 metres away from the house
of Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid Syed Ahmed Bukhari at 11.10 am
IST.
Police have detained one person for questioning in
connection with the case.
The two injured -- Cesewein (27) and Cinglo (28) --
were rushed to the nearby government Lok Nayak Jaiprakash
Narayan Hospital, a senior police official said.
Cesewein (27) had a miraculous escape as the bullet
grazed his head while Cinglo (28) was hit in right abdomen.
The injured were part of a five-member group of
tourists who work with a television channel in Taiwan and were
in the capital since yesterday. They were to leave for Jaipur
on Tuesday and then visit Agra and return to the capital on
September 27 to take a flight back to Taiwan.
Karnal Singh, Joint Commissioner (Northern Range),
told reporters that the four cartridges recovered from the
spot showed that the weapon used could be .38 calibre
revolver.
But the rounds of fire recovered were also of 9 mm,
which can be used in pistol or carbine, he said refusing to
hazard a guess on the motive of the attackers.
"We are looking into all angles and we cannot jump to
conclusions. It appears to be done to create panic," he said.
"A red alert has been sounded and we are conducting
checks at various points. We are confident of nabbing the
culprits soon," he said.
Nearly two hours after the firing incident, a car went
up in flames when a "crudely-circuited" pressure cooker bomb
exploded about 50 metres away from the spot where the firing
incident took place.
"The car went up in flames due to a crudely-circuited
pressure cooker bomb," a senior police official said.
Investigators suspect the involvement of a "group of
disgruntled youth or local criminals" who wanted to create a
scare in the area. (More) PTI SJY
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