{"id":5378,"date":"2005-07-07T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-07-07T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/2005\/07\/07\/2005-07-07-terrorist-attack-on-ayodhya-temple-foiled\/"},"modified":"2005-07-07T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-07-07T12:00:00","slug":"2005-07-07-terrorist-attack-on-ayodhya-temple-foiled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/2005\/07\/07\/2005-07-07-terrorist-attack-on-ayodhya-temple-foiled\/","title":{"rendered":"Terrorist Attack On Ayodhya Temple Foiled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"source\"><a HREF=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/south_asia\/4651095.stm\">news.bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"summary\">AYODHYA, INDIA, July 5, 2005: Indian police have killed five gunmen who attacked a flashpoint religious site in the northern city of Ayodhya. A sixth man is thought to have died triggering the blast which began the raid. A two-hour gunfight raged at the complex, claimed by Hindus and Muslims. Religious sites across India are on high alert following the attack, and the government has appealed for calm. No group has so far claimed the attack. In 1992, Hindu nationalists tore down the Babri Masjid at the site, sparking riots. (HPI adds: The Masjid was built on the site of the temple marking Lord Rama&#8217;s birthplace.)<\/p>\n<p>The unidentified gunmen forced their way into the heavily guarded site in Uttar Pradesh state at about 0915 local time (0415 GMT). They used a jeep loaded with explosives to blow a hole in the wall of the complex, and drove a car through the gap. The gunmen were surrounded by armed police as they tried to enter the inner area of the complex. Three members of the security forces were injured. The inner area contains a tent with a temporary Hindu temple attended by Hindu priests and pilgrims.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All the attackers were wearing black trousers and shirts which made them look like commandos,&#8221; one local man told Reuters news agency. Television pictures showed the charred jeep, with bodies and body parts littered around. A local official told the BBC that all the Hindu pilgrims and the religious structure were safe. The driver of the men&#8217;s vehicle has been arrested and is being questioned by police, who say they recovered three AK-47 assault rifles and hand grenades at the site.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>news.bbc.co.uk AYODHYA, INDIA, July 5, 2005: Indian police have killed five gunmen who attacked a flashpoint religious site in the,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5378\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}