Well-trained bomber targeted Israel diplomat's wife: PC

NEW DELHI: Union home minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday said that Israel diplomat's wife was the main target of the bomb attack on Innova car from Israeli embassy in New Delhi.


"Investigations into bomb attack on Israel Embassy car and personnel still going on," Chidambaram said while talking to repoters in Delhi.


"One has to proceed on the basis that it was a terrorist attack," the home minister added later.


He said: "We have friendly relations and all countries. Diplomats are entitled to work in peace in India."


"Doctors closely monitoring condition of diplomat's injured wife. We condemn this attack. CCTV cameras being scanned," he said.


At 3.16 p.m. Monday, an Innova car from Israeli embassy burst into flames after a biker planted an explosive on its rear and sped off. Two passengers from a nearby red Indica were also affected by the blast.


Horrified commuters managed to pull the victims out of the car. Luckily, most of the victims received only minor injuries. The Israeli defence attache's wife, Tal Yehoshua Koren, however, was badly injured and is still hospitalised. Her condition is said to be stable.


Within minutes, Delhi police had cordoned the area and the bomb squads, Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) team and fire brigades swung into action.


Incidentally, the area is also home to several politicians and industrialists with the prime minister himself living a stone's throw away, at 7, Race Course Road.