2005 Indian Institute of Science shooting

Shooting in Bangalore, India November 2018 November 2018 28 December 2005 c. 7:00 p.m. (UTC+5:30) School shooting Type 56 assault rifle 1 (Munish Chandra Puri) 4 Lashkar-e-Taiba 2 The December 2005 IISc shooting occurred on Wednesday, 28 December 2005 at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in the Indian city of Bangalore, killing Prof. Munish Chandra Puri of IIT Delhi and injuring four, after two or more Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants fired at Puri and others.2015-12-27 Ten years on, IISc. attack mastermind at large https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/Ten-years-on-IISc.-attack-mastermind-at-large/article60282147.ece 2025-11-10 The Hindu en-IN 0971-751X'Alleged Conspirator Helped IISc Shooting Prime Suspect Flee to Bangladesh' https://www.news18.com/news/india/alleged-conspirator-helped-iisc-shooting-prime-suspect-flee-to-bangladesh-1364872.html https://web.archive.org/web/20221227180807/https://www.news18.com/news/india/alleged-conspirator-helped-iisc-shooting-prime-suspect-flee-to-bangladesh-1364872.html 27 December 2022 2025-11-10 News18 en-US live The state government of Karnataka declared the shooting to be a terrorist attack, making it the first such attack in Bangalore. Shooting At around 7:00 pm local time (1:30 pm GMT), two people entered the IISc campus in a white Ambassador car. At around 7:20 pm, 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. A gunman, wearing black mask and army uniform, started firing indiscriminately from a rifle, thought to be a Chinese Type 56, outside the auditorium.Gunmen kill scientist in IISc Bangalore 29 December 2005 NDTV http://www.ndtv.com/topstories/showtopstory.asp?slug=Gunmen+kill+scientist+in+IISc+Bangalore&id=18464&category=National Munish Chandra Puri, a Professor Emeritus at the mathematics department of the Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi, was wounded by bullets. He died en route to 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.Terror attack at IISc, Bangalore; 1 killed, 4 injured 29 December 2005 Rediff.com http://in.rediff.com/news/2005/dec/28bang.htmWitnesses recount India gun horror 29 December 2005 BBC https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4566282.stmMassive hunt for India attacker 29 December 2005 BBC https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4565944.stm Investigation and trial The police later recovered a Chinese made Type 56 military rifle, twelve empty cartridges, one empty magazine, five live magazines (one half-spent), two grenades, and one live hand-grenade which they defused.LeT hand not ruled out in Bangalore attack 29 December 2005 Mid-Day http://ww1.mid-day.com/news/nation/2005/december/127161.htm March 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes The police surmise that the gunmen had escaped by scaling the boundary wall of the campus. No organisation claimed responsibility.T. A. Johnson Terror hits Bangalore, target is IISc http://www.indianexpress.com/storyOld.php?storyId=84846 21 January 2011 Indian Express 29 December 2005 The Karnataka police identified the attackers as belonging to a cell of the Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). Six people were convicted in December 2011 and several others are at large including the shooter.https://www.news18.com/news/india/alleged-conspirator-helped-iisc-shooting-prime-suspect-flee-to-bangladesh-1364872.html 'Alleged Conspirator Helped IISc Shooting Prime Suspect Flee to Bangladesh' News18 2018-10-06https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/Ten-years-on-IISc.-attack-mastermind-at-large/article60282147.ece Ten years on, IISc. attack mastermind at large Staff Reporter 2015-12-27 The Hindu 2018-10-06 en-IN 0971-751X In 2007, possible links arose between the shooting and Bilal Abdullah and Kafeel Ahmed, the perpetrators of two terrorist incidents that occurred in the United Kingdom that same year. Investigations were carried out to unearth these purported links.Bangalore terror link puts IISc attack under scanner ibnlive.com 10 July 2007 10 July 2007 http://www.ibnlive.com/news/bangalore-terror-link-puts-iisc-attack-under-scanner/44429-3.html 27 September 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070927213322/http://www.ibnlive.com/news/bangalore-terror-link-puts-iisc-attack-under-scanner/44429-3.html dead References Karnataka Category:University and college killings in Asia Category:University and college shootings in Asia Category:Terrorist incidents in India in 2005 Category:Indian Institute of Science Category:2000s in Bengaluru Category:Attacks on schools in India Category:Crime in Bengaluru Category:Deaths by firearm in India Category:December 2005 in India Category:2005 murders in India Category:Islamic terrorism in India Category:Lashkar-e-Taiba attacks Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 2005 Category:Attacks on schools in 2005 Category:2005 mass shootings in Asia Category:Mass shootings in India Category:December 2005 crimes in Asia Category:Mass shootings in schools