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| India Police Release Sketches of Suspected Temple Bomber |
| 2013-07-17 |
| [An Nahar] ndian police investigating kabooms at one of Buddhism's holiest sites released sketches of a suspect on Tuesday and offered a reward for information about the attacks. Ten small devices went kaboom!on July 7 in the Bodh Gaya temple complex in the eastern state of Bihar, wounding two monks, while three others were defused at the historic shrine. The National Investigation Agency released two sketches of a man suspected of planting the bombs at the complex, a UNESCO World Heritage site, which was not badly damaged in the blasts. One sketch showed the suspect wearing a mask, while the second showed a clean-shaven face. The suspect was "wearing the dress of a Buddhist monk", the agency said on its website. It also announced a reward of one million rupees ($16,900) for information leading to the arrest of the bombers. Police studied CCTV footage of the complex immediately after the early morning attacks and jugged Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! a man for questioning, but no charges were laid. No one has grabbed credit for the attacks. But police say they had received intelligence that Islamic forces of Evil could target the site as Dire Revenge™ for Buddhist violence against Mohammedans in neighboring Myanmar. |
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