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{{Short description|Two coordinated attacks on public transport and market}}
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| location = [[Dimapur]], [[Nagaland]], India
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| time = 9:30 a.m. [[Indian Standard Time]]
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| injuries = {{abbr|≈|approximately}} 100
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| perpetrators= 11 peoples (Hukum Ali and 10 others)
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| weapons = [[Improvised explosive device]]s
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The '''2004 Dimapur bombings''', were a series of two coordinated attacks carried out by terrorist on the morning of Saturday, 2 October 2004 in Dimapur that targeted passengers at the [[Dimapur railway station|Dimapur Railway Station]] and shoppers at the Hong Kong Market during the morning rush hour. The attack killed 30 people and about 100 others were injured.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3709422.stm|title=Twin bomb blasts rock Indian town|website=[[BBC]]|date=2 October 2004|access-date=22 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/10/02/india.naga.blasts/|title=Bombs in northeast India kill 35|website=[[CNN]]|date=2 October 2004|access-date=22 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2004/10/3/india-reels-after-deadly-blasts|title=India reels after deadly blasts|website=[[Al Jazeera]]|date=3 October 2004|access-date=22 August 2022}}</ref>

The attacks occurred simultaneously at around 9:30 a.m. The attacks occurred—one at the Dimapur Railway Station, significantly damaging the platform at its surroundings and the other at the Hong Kong Market. To date, it was the deadliest terrorist attack in Nagaland.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://easternmirrornagaland.com/2004-dimapur-bomb-blast-case-deferred/|title=2004 Dimapur bomb blast case deferred|website=[[Eastern Mirror]]|date=20 August 2013|access-date=22 August 2022}}</ref>

== Attacks ==
At 9:30 a.m. on 2 October 2004, two bombs were detonated almost simultaneously at the [[Dimapur railway station|Dimapur Railway Station]] and the Hong Kong Market.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.tribuneindia.com/2004/20041003/main1.htm|title=Terror strikes in North-East 35 dead, 100 injured as blasts rock Dimapur|website=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)]]|date=2 October 2004|access-date=22 August 2022}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web|last=Vinayak|first=G|url=https://m.rediff.com/news/2004/oct/02naga.htm|title=At least 30 killed in Nagaland blast|website=[[Rediff.com]]|date=2 October 2004|access-date=22 August 2022}}</ref>

The bomb at the station was reportedly planted in the station manager's room. The blast was so powerful that the entire platform of the station was blown off.<ref name=":1"/>

In the aftermath all the trains enroute between [[Guwahati]] and [[Dibrugarh]] passing through Dimapur were suspended.<ref name=":1"/>

=== Victims ===
Officials reported that 15 were killed at the Railway Station, 10 at the Hong Kong Market and 5 others succumbed to their injuries at the Dimapur Civil Hospital.<ref name=":0"/>

== Investigation ==
=== Perpetrators ===
10 suspects were apprehended by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the attacks.

Of the ten, one Nazimuddin committed suicide at police custody in 2010 and the other Hukum Ali, according to a report filed by the SIT, was the leader of the group that planted the bomb at the railway station, passed away in April 2014 of natural causes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://morungexpress.com/2004-bomb-blasts-trial-another-defendant-dies-jail|title=2004 Bomb Blasts trial: Another Defendant dies in jail|website=[[The Morung Express]]|date=20 May 2014|access-date=22 August 2022}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[1996 Dimapur car bombing]]
* [[List of terrorist incidents]]
* [[Timeline of Naga history]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Terrorist incidents in India in 2004]]
[[Category:Attacks on railway stations]]
[[Category:Attacks in Asia in 2004]]
[[Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 2004]]
[[Category:Mass murder in 2004]]
[[Category:October 2004 crimes]]
[[Category:October 2004 events in Asia]]

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