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{{Terrorist attacks in India (since 2001)}}
The '''27 September 2008 Delhi bombing''' in [[India]]'s second largest metropolis left three people dead and twenty-three more injured, on an infamous Saturday.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/sep/27delblast1.htm|title=2 killed, 17 injured in Delhi blast}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/3-dead,-17-injured-in-Mehrauli-blast-in-Delhi/1/16293.html|title=3 dead, 17 injured in Mehrauli blast in Delhi}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/seven-killed-15-injured-in-bomb-blast-in-delhis-mehrauli-area_100100797.html |title=Seven killed, 15 injured in bomb blast in Delhi's Mehrauli area |publisher=Thaindian.com |access-date=27 September 2008| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080930052723/http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/seven-killed-15-injured-in-bomb-blast-in-delhis-mehrauli-area_100100797.html| archivedate= 30 September 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7639302.stm |work=BBC News | title=Bomb hits India market shoppers|date=27 September 2008}}</ref> The explosion occurred at 14:15
[[File:Mehrauli Bomb Spot One year after.jpg|thumb|Mehrauli Bomb Spot One year after]]
==The blast==
Eyewitnesses reported that the blast took place after two men in black dress and wearing helmets and riding a motorcycle dropped a [[Tiffin carriers|tiffin box]] in which the bomb was placed. A thirteen-year-old boy named Santosh, who was running an errand for his uncle, to fetch a crate of eggs, picked up the box in an attempt to return it to the bikers, but they refused and fled.<ref name=PTI>{{cite news|url= http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/terror-hits-delhi-again--bomb-blast-kills-boy/366683/|author=Swaha Sahoo|title=Terror hits Delhi again; bomb blast kills boy|agency=New Delhi|work=[[The Indian Express]]|date=28 September 2008|access-date=28 September 2008|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20140125013215/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/terror-hits-delhi-again--bomb-blast-kills-bo/366683/|archivedate=25 January 2014 }}</ref> People nearby witnessed smoke coming out of the box and advised the boy to get away, but it was too late.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=4a51cda5-fddd-4865-ade1-8efdf2d8f6a8&ParentID=51b83e2a-2ed3-4d65-b113-f3efe14f670f&&Headline=%27Aapka+packet+gir+gaya+hai%27|title=Aapka packet gir gaya hai'|newspaper=Hindustan Times|place=[[New Delhi]]|date=28 September 2008|access-date=28 September 2008}}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The resulting explosion killed the boy and injured 18 others. Santosh's mother Rekha was inconsolable. The locals of Ward No.8, shopkeepers by profession, could not contain their anger at the poor security arrangements and investigation, in spite of the five horrific blasts which had taken place on 13 September 2008, in four places in Delhi.<ref>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/photos/india/mehrauliblast/article4-340899.aspx Photos]{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/two-dead-25-injured-in-delhis-mehrauli-blast/74473-3.html|title=Two dead, 25 injured in Delhi's Mehrauli blast |publisher=Ibnlive.com|access-date=28 September 2008|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080930055312/http://www.ibnlive.com/news/two-dead-25-injured-in-delhis-mehrauli-blast/74473-3.html|archivedate=30 September 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref> ''[[The Washington Post]]'' reported that seven of them were in critical condition.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/27/AR2008092701365.html?hpid=topnews|work=[[The Washington Post]]|first=Rama|last=Lakshmi|title=Bomb Explosion in Indian Capital Kills 1, Injures 18|date=28 September 2008}}</ref> The police said that the blast was similar to those near [[IIT Delhi]] and [[Lado Sarai]] in January and February respectively this year.<ref name=timesofindia/>
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