30 December 2005
Terrorist Attack in IISc
Posted by Mikhail Esteves under: General .
From Professor Abinandan’s blog
At around 7:30 p.m., unidentified gunmen (one, two, or more? no one is sure) opened fire on a group of conference participants leaving the J.N. Tata Auditorium, which is just across the road from the main campus of IISc. As of this moment, one academic (Prof. M.C. Puri of IIT-Delhi) has succumbed to the gunshot wounds and several others are being treated in at least two different places: M.S. Ramaiah Hospital and Mallige Hospital.
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The police have announced that the perpetrators of this crime is still at large, and that the entire city has been put on high alert. Back in the campus, though, things have quietened down. Most students are back at work, just as they normally are. Tonight, however, they will probably spend substantial amounts of time trying to find and share new information, and trying to come to grips with this atrocious attack within our campus.
Whatever spin one puts on this incident, it is clear that it is big for Bangalore, and even bigger for us in IISc. Some day, we will probably look back at it and say “That was the day when …”. Tomorrow, however, we will all be back at work, just like any other day. For, that’s the only way to beat the terrorists. I sincerely hope the government does not declare tomorrow a holiday — for us in the Institute, or for any of the other establishments in the city. Except, of course, for security reasons.
They say Bangalore has been on the terrorist hit-list for quite a while now. It’s sad to see the “high alerts” and security enhancements happening after an attack. Better late than never, I guess.
terrorism, bangalore, iisc 