Bomb at Delhi Court Complex Exposes Indian Security Failings
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A second deadly bombing of a major Indian city in two months exposed the country’s vulnerability to terrorist attacks almost three years after a siege of Mumbai spurred an overhaul of security and intelligence agencies.
A bomb hidden in a briefcase killed 12 people and injured 76 outside New Delhi’s High Court yesterday, the worst strike in the capital in three years. After a smaller explosion at the same site in May, Delhi police didn’t meet a request for closed circuit television cameras that may have deterred the assailants, Rakesh Tiku, chairman of the Bar Council of Delhi, said by phone.