[extropy-chat] another sf prophecy fulfilled, maybe

[Damien Broderick]

(alas):

Terror attack kills professor in Indian Institute of Science

Thursday, 29 December , 2005, 03:48
Bangalore: Suspected terrorists barged into the prestigious Indian 
Institute of Science (IISc) campus on Wednesday evening and opened fire 
indiscriminately killing a retired professor of IIT Delhi and injuring four 
others.

Prof M C Puri, Professor Emiratus of Mathematics Department of IIT Delhi, 
fell victim as the gunmen sprayed bullets from an AK-47 rifle as delegates 
attending an international conference were proceeding for dinner outside 
the J N Tata Auditorium at around 07.20 pm.

Four others -- Pankaj Gupta from Delhi, Patalappa (alias Patel) working for 
Cadilla Pharmaceutical firm, Vijay Chandru, involved in the team that 
developed hand-held computer 'Simputer' and Sonia, from IIM Lucknow were 
injured.

The four were operated upon at M S Ramaiah Memorial Hospital and Mallige 
hospital and were reported to be out of danger.

Sources said the possibility of the attack being the handiwork of 
terrorists could not be ruled out given the nature of automatic weapon used 
in the strike and the recovery of a grenade. The institute is on the hit 
list of terror groups, including Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba.

Karnataka Director General of Police B S Sial, quoting security guards in 
the campus and eyewitnesses, said not more than one person was involved in 
the attack but added that the claims would be checked again. [?? cf. 
"gunmen" above]