Erstellt am: 7. 9. 2011 - 14:36 Uhr

Terror & fear return to the streets of Delhi

A powerful bomb outside the Indian High Court in Delhi causes death, destruction and fear; Karim El-Gawhary, whose new book on the Arab Spring is out, joins us in the studio.

Wednesday morning at Delhi’s high court is a busy day because many public hearings take place at this time. If you are a trainee lawyer, or just interested in the scales of Indian justice, it’s a great place to take a seat in one of the public galleries. The bomber who planned his attack today knew the potential harm his act would likely cause.

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There is a serious problem for the Indian authorities. No-one seems to have a handle on who is carrying out these attacks on cities, the individuals, if they belong to any groups or what their message is. Back in July, 26 people were killed around the gold markets of Mumbai and investigators have yet to arrest anyone in connection with this attack.
Our correspondent in Delhi, Sanjoy Majumder told me that authorities seem to be blaming all of these recent bombings on home-grown terror cells based in India. Whoever is carrying out these attacks, they appear to have a very generic aim of raising awareness of the problems that some Moslem groups experience in India. But as for any specific message they are trying to send out, that appears to be very vague. It’s also not very clear how well networked these groups are, if they talk to or coordinate with each other in any shape or form. When you have radicals like these working in the shadows of Indian society, their movements are very difficult to track and it makes countering terrorist attacks almost impossible.

Also on Reality Check: Diary of the Arab Revolution

Karim El-Gawhary has been reporting almost non-stop on the Arab Spring, often at the heart of events unfolding in places like Cairo, Tunis and Benghasi. Somewhere along the line he found time to write about his experiences and his book “Tagebuch der Arabischen Revolution” has just been published. Riem Higazi talks to Karim El-Gawhary about the book and his perspective on these historic developments.