The 2004 Jalna Mosque bomb attack involved two separate crude bomb explosions at local mosques in
Jalna, Maharashtra
Jalna is a city in Jalna district in the Aurangabad Division, or Marathwada region, of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It was part of Hyderabad State as a tehsil of Aurangabad district, before Jalna district was formed effective 1 May 198 ...
on 27 August 2004.
According to senior police officers, the first blast occurred at Kadriya Masjid in Jalna at 1:45 pm, and the second explosion happened just 15 minutes later at another mosque on the outskirts of Poorna town in
Parbhani district. The attacks took place during Friday prayers and resulted in 18 people being injured. On 18 July 2012, all seven accused were acquitted by a district and sessions court due to lack of evidence.
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