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Are there limits to intelligence sharing in counter terrorism?

Sometimes the need to ensure public safety and national security require ‘taking the ugly date to the dance’.

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November 24, 2002: Gunmen storm Hindu temple in India

On November 24, 2002 members of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba stormed a Hindu temple in Jammu, India, killing 14 worshipers and wounding another 45

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September 30, 2008: Multiple bombs detonated in western India

On September 30 , 2008 three bombs exploded in the western Indian states of Gujarat and Maharashtra, killing ten and wounding 80

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July 10, 2017: Islamist terrorists attack Hindu pilgrims in Kashmir

On July 10, 2017 Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists killed seven pilgrims, including six women, and injured 19 others in the disputed India region of Jammu Kashmir.

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July 7, 1987: Sikh terrorists massacre Hindus on Indian bus

On July 7, 1987 Sikh terrorists stopped a bus traveling in the Punjab and systematically killed 38 Hindu passengers and wounded another 33

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June 19, 2018: Maoist terrorists murder police informant in India

On June 19, 2018 Maoists in the eastern Indian state of Jharkand abducted a trader and slit his throat because they believed he was a police informant

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June 15, 1991: Sikh terrorists massacre train passengers in India

On June 15, 1991 Sikh terrorists in the Punjab region of India launched coordinated attacks on trains killing 80 and wounding 110

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May 31, 2008: Hindu terrorists bomb Indian theatre

On May 31, 2008 a crude bomb went off in a theatre in Mumbai, India: fortunately no one was killed or injured.

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May 21, 1991: Assassination of former Indian PM Gandhi

On May 21, 1991 former Indian Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a member of the Sri Lankan terrorist group LTTE

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April 8, 2004: Save Kashmir Movement claims attack on Indian election rally

On this day in 2004, a grenade exploded at an election rally in India-held Kashmir killing nine people and wounding over 50.