Jama Masjid,Two Taiwanese shot at Jama Masjid, man detained

Jama Masjid,Two Taiwanese shot at Jama Masjid, man detained:

Two Taiwanese tourists were wounded when two gunmen on a motorcycle opened random fire near the Jama Masjid here Sunday morning, creating a scare ahead of the Commonwealth Games. 

Ko Chang and Ku Ze Wei, both in their 20s, were shot in the head and stomach respectively when the gunmen fired at a bus from which a group of tourists was alighting, police and witnesses said.

The attack, just after 11 a.m., took place near one of the main gates of the mammoth, 16th century red sandstone mosque in Old Delhi. 

At least 10 rounds were fired, the incident lasting nearly a minute, before a young man picked up a stone in a bid to trip the gunmen who sped away through the lanes of Jama Masjid area. 

A policeman also gave chase on foot but in vain, a stunned Shahi Imam Syed Ahmed Bukhari told reporters.

It was the man riding pillion on the bike opened fire, police said. 

The Jama Masjid, which faces the Red Fort monument, receives a large number of Indian and foreign tourists, the number going up on Sundays and holidays.

Shortly after the attack, the outlawed Indian Mujahideen issued a statement to BBC Hindi Service which made no reference to the shooting but threatened to derail the Commonwealth Games to avenge the killings of civilian protesters in the Kashmir Valley.


Sunday is the second anniversary of the killing of two Indian Mujhaideen activists by police in south Delhi, days after serials bombings blamed on the group here killed two dozen people.


Some 100 people have been killed in firing by security forces in Srinagar and other parts of the valley since June 11. 

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