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| | location = ], ] and ], ] <Small>(''attempted'')</small> | |||
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| | date = {{Start date|2012|02|13}} | |||
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| {{Campaignbox India terrorism}} | |||
| The '''2012 Israeli embassy attack''' occurred on 13 February, 2012 after a bomb explosion on an Israeli diplomatic car in ], ] wounding one embassy staff member, a local employee and two passers-by. Another bomb planted in a car in ], ] failed to explode and was defused by Georgian police. | |||
| ==Background== | |||
| Over the past several months, there has been an ] war of words between Israel and Iran. | |||
| '']'' reported on 12 February that Iran had summoned the Azeri ambassador to complain against a report in '']'' that ] had used Azerbaijan as a base for covert operations against Iran.{{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} | |||
| ==Incidents== | |||
| ===India=== | |||
| A ] exploded while the wife of the ] to India was on her way to pick up her children from school. The woman sustained moderate injuries that required surgery to remove shrapnel while her driver and two bystanders suffered minor injuries.<ref name="reuters">{{cite news |title=Israel blames Iran after attacks on embassy staff |author=Dan Williams |url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/13/us-israel-security-embassies-idUSTRE81C0QZ20120213 |agency=Reuters |date=13 February 2012 |accessdate=13 February 2012}}</ref><ref name="jpost">{{cite news |title=Attacks target Israeli embassies in Georgia, India |author=Yaakov Katz |url=http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Article.aspx?id=257618 |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post |date=13 February 2012 |accessdate=13 February 2012}}</ref> | |||
| ===Georgia=== | |||
| A car parked 200 metres from the embassy as discovered to have a bomb after a local driver for the embassy heard a noise while he was driving. He pulled over to side of the road and discovered a bomb underneath his car. He then alerted the Georgian police, who defused the bomb.<ref name="jpost1">{{cite news |title=Netanyahu: Iran is behind attacks on Israeli embassies |author=Herb Keinon & Gil Hoffman |url=http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=257633 |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post |date=13 February 2012 |accessdate=13 February 2012}}</ref> | |||
| ==Investigation== | |||
| Indian Home Minister ] said that the use of ] was ruled out (which had previously been used in other attacks in India) and that no one was accused until investigations were over. He added that those who perpetrated the attacks would be brought to "justice." <ref name="Handiwork of well-trained person, says Chidambaram">{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2892321.ece | title=Handiwork of well-trained person, says Chidambaram | date=February 14, 2012 | accessdate=February 14, 2012}}</ref> Delhi police had detained five people after the incident, but they were released after questioning. Indian authorities are also looking at ] footage for images of the perpetrator.<ref>{{cite news|title=Israel embassy car blast: India not taking 'advantage' of US help?|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/israel-embassy-car-blast-india-not-taking-advantage-of-us-help-176401|publisher=]|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/65YAa1Z5D|archivedate=2012-02-18|deadurl=no|accessdate=2012-02-15}}</ref> | |||
| ==Reactions== | |||
| *{{flag|Israel}} - Prime Minister ] blamed ] for both incidents. "Iran, which is behind these attacks, is the greatest exporter of terrorism in the world. The Israeli government and its security forces will continue to work together with local security services against these terrorist actions."<ref name="jpost1"/> | |||
| :The ] had also put its embassies on high alert for the anniversary of the killing of Hezbollah commander ], as Hezbollah had vowed to avenge the attack by attacking Israelis overseas.<ref>http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4188985,00.html</ref> | |||
| *{{flag|Iran}} - ] spokesman ] condemned the attacks, which it called "terrorist"; it also rejected the Israeli allegation and denied responsibility for the incidents,<ref>{{cite news|title=Binyamin Netanyahu accuses Iran over bombs targeting Israeli diplomats|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/feb/13/binyamin-netanyahu-accuses-iran-bombs|publisher=]|date=2012-02-13}}</ref> while blaming Israel for a ]. | |||
| ==Aftermath== | |||
| The next day ] in ], ] led to the injuried of four people. Though the target was not known the perpetrators were said to be Iranian. | |||
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