A bombing in Mehrauli, Delhi killed three and injured 23, occurring two weeks after a five-blast attack on the same city.
Key Facts
- Date
- 27 September 2008
- Time of explosion
- 14:15 local time
- Deaths
- 3 people
- Injured
- 23 people
- Location
- Sarai Electronic Market, Mehrauli
- Prior related attack
- Five serial blasts in Delhi on 13 September 2008
By the Numbers
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
The bombing took place two weeks after five serial blasts struck Delhi on 13 September 2008, suggesting an ongoing campaign of terrorist violence targeting India's capital. The specific perpetrators and their motives were not detailed in available reports at the time of the attack.
On 27 September 2008 at 14:15, a bomb exploded in the Sarai Electronic Market in the Mehrauli district of Delhi. Initially two deaths were reported, including a thirteen-year-old boy named Santosh; the toll rose to three by the following day. Twenty-three others were injured and received treatment at AIIMS and Fortis Hospital.
The death toll climbed from two to three in the day following the blast, with 23 wounded receiving hospital care. The attack intensified security concerns in Delhi, which had already been shaken by the five coordinated blasts just two weeks prior, underscoring the city's vulnerability to repeated terrorist strikes.