2001 Indian Parliament attack | |
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Location | New Delhi, Delhi, India |
Coordinates | 28°37′02″N 77°12′29″E / 28.6172°N 77.2081°E |
Date | 13 December 2001 (UTC+05:30) |
Target | Parliament Building |
Attack type | Mass shooting |
Weapons | AK-47 rifles, pistols, grenade launchers, hand grenades, explosive belt |
Deaths | 9 (excluding 5 terrorists) |
Injured | 18 |
Perpetrators | Jaish-e-Mohammed[1] |
The 2001 Indian Parliament attack was a terrorist attack on the Parliament of India in New Delhi, India on 13 December 2001. The attack was carried out by five armed assailants that resulted in the deaths of six Delhi Police personnel, two Parliament Security Service personnel, and a gardener. All five terrorists were killed by security forces.
Indian authorities accused Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) – two terrorist groups operating from Pakistan – of perpetrating the attack;[2][3] however, LeT denied involvement.
The incident led to increased tensions between India and Pakistan, resulting in the 2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff.