NationMaster - Encyclopedia: 2005 Indian Institute of Science shooting

The December 2005 IISc shooting occurred on Wednesday, December 28, 2005 at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in the Indian city of Bangalore, killing one person and injuring four, after an unidentifed gunman started firing indiscriminately. The state government of Karnataka declared the shooting to be a terrorist attack, making it the first such attack in Bangalore. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... To suggest a relevant news story for the main page, refer to the criteria then add your suggestion at the candidates page. ... Download high resolution version (479x793, 64 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (479x793, 64 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) is one of the premier post-graduate institutions of research and higher learning located in Bangalore, India. ... December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 3 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) is one of the premier post-graduate institutions of research and higher learning located in Bangalore, India. ... Bangalore (Kannada: à²¬à³†à²‚à²—à²³à³‚à²°à³) (pronounced // in Kannada and // in English) is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. ... M C Puri (1944 - 29 December 2005) was Professor Emeritus of mathematics at IIT Delhi. ... Karnataka (à²•à²¨à²¾à³¯à²Ÿà²• in Kannada) is one of the four southern states of India. ...

Shooting

At around 7:00 p.m. local time (1:30 p.m. GMT), two people entered the IISc campus in a white Ambassador car. At around 7:20 p.m., delegates attending the International Conference On Operations Research Applications in Infrastructure Development, organised by the Operations Research Society of India at the JN Tata Auditorium on the IISc campus, were heading to dinner when the shooting began. One gunman, wearing a black mask and an army uniform, started firing indiscriminately from a rifle, presumably a Type 56, outside the auditorium. The Hindustan Ambassador is a model of car manufactured by Hindustan Motors of India. ... Operations research, operational research, or simply OR, is the use of mathematical models, statistics and algorithms to aid in decision-making. ... The Chinese Type 56 Assault Rifle is a copy of the AK-47 Kalashnikov. ...

Victims

Professor M C Puri, a retired Professor Emeritus at the Mathematics Department of the Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi, was wounded by bullets. He died en route to a hospital. Three other scientists and a lab assistant were among the injured. One of the injured was a pregnant woman, who sustained injuries to her eye. The other three injured had serious bullet injuries and underwent emergency surgeries. M C Puri (1944 - 29 December 2005) was Professor Emeritus of mathematics at IIT Delhi. ... The Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT Delhi), is a major college of engineering in Delhi, India. ... The Humayuns Tomb, situated in New Delhi, has an architectural design similar to the Taj Mahal. ...

Investigation

The police later recovered a Type 56 military rifle, twelve empty cartridges, one empty magazine, five live magazines (one half-spent), two grenades, and one live hand-grenade (Chinese made), which they defused. The police surmise that the gunmen had escaped by scaling the boundary wall of the campus. Although no organisation has yet claimed responsibility, the police have not ruled out the involvement of the Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). But the police have discounted suggestions that the attack was linked to the arrival in the city of notorious gangster Abu Salem, who is in Bangalore for a Narcoanalysis. The Chinese Type 56 Assault Rifle is a copy of the AK-47 Kalashnikov. ... Lashkar-e-Taiba (LT), or in English Army of the Righteous, is a terrorist organization supported by Markaz-ud- Dawa-wal-Irshad (MDI), a pro-Sunni, anti-U.S. religous group founded in 1989. ... Abu Salem is an underworld don originally from Azamgarh district in Uttar Pradesh, India. ...

Aftermath

Besides a nationwide hunt for the attacker, the incident also prompted the police in Karnataka and other South Indian states to go on "high alert". Security at other premier institutions in India including the IIMs and IITs has been enhanced. Download high resolution version (480x640, 30 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (480x640, 30 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Karnataka (à²•à²¨à²¾à³¯à²Ÿà²• in Kannada) is one of the four southern states of India. ... A map of South India, its rivers, regions and water bodies. ... The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are the premier management schools of India, located in the cities of Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Indore, Kolkata, Kozhikode and Lucknow. ... Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are the premier educational institutions for science and technology spread all over India . ...

In fiction

A similar event in a fictional context occured in The Paris Option, a spy thriller by Robert Ludlum from the Covert-One Series in which a French scientist is murdered in Paris at the beginning of the novel. The Scarlatti Inheritance, Ludlums first book, publ. ...

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