TERRORISM

CONTENTS:

MEANING OF TERRORISM

TERRORISTS

SOME OF THE TERRORIST GROUPS

CAUSES OF TERRORISM

TERRORIST ATTACKS

SOCIAL,POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS

PREVENTION MEASURES

PREVENTION ACTS AGAINST TERRORISM

MEANING OF TERRORISM:

Terrorism actually comes from the latin word “fear’”.

The unlawful use of force against persons or property to

intimidate the government ,civilian population for the

furtherance of social or political objectives is called

TERRORISM.

Common threads of definitions identify terrorism as :

• POLITICAL

• PSYCHOLOGICAL

• COERCIVE

• DYNAMIC

• DELIBERATE

WHO IS A TERRORIST:

One who engages himself in acts or an

act of terrorism.

One who is the member of an armed

group that kills civilians as a mean of

political intimidation.

One who is the member of a group that

engages in kidnapping and murder.

SOME OF THE TERRORIST

GROUPS Al-Qaeda

Al-Ummah

Lashkar-e-Toiba

Armed Islamic Group(GIA)

Al-Jihad a.k.a Egyptian Islamic Jihad

National Liberation Army (ELN)-Columbia

Islamic state

CAUSES OF TERRORISM

BELIEF IN VIOLENCE

RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM

POVERTY AND ECONOMIC PROBLEMS

POLITICAL INSTABILITY

RECENT TERRORIST

ATTACKS

MUMBAI TERRORIST ATTACK

It was the biggest terrorist attack in

India ever.

The attack began on 26 November 2008

and lasted until 29 November 2008.

Nearly 173 people were killed and 308

were wounded.

The terrorists attacked eight places in

South Mumbai including

CHHATRAPATI SIVAJI

TERMINUS,TAJ MAHAL PALACE

,OBEROI TRIDENT,NARIMAN

HOUSE etc.

Ajmal Kasab who was the only attacker

captured alive was hanged last November.

ATTACK ON WORLD TRADE CENTRE

Al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked 4 commercial air lines on 11September,2001.

Two airlines crashed into the north and south tower of the world trade centre.

Within two hours both the towers collapsed.

Totally 2996 people died in the attacks including 19 hijackers.

2013 HYDERABAD BLASTS The twin bombs exploded in

Dilsukhnagar , Hyderabad

which is a crowded area within

100 meters of each other on

21,february 2013.

The first explosion occurred

outside a roadside eatery named

A1 mirchi followed by the other

between venkatadri theatre and

Dilsukhnagar bus stop.

Nearly 17 were killed and 119

were injured in the blasts.

2006 MUMBAI TRAIN BOMBINGS

The 11 july 2006 Mumbai train bombings were a

series of seven bomb blasts that took place over

a period of 11 minutes on a suburban railway in

Mumbai.

The bombs were set off in pressure cookers , in

lunch boxes and placed in trains.

209 were killed and over 700 were injured.

LONDON BOMBINGS

The 7 july 2005 london bombings were a series of coordinated suicide attacks in central London .

Terrorists targeted civilians using the public transport system during the morning rush hour.

52 civilians were killed and over 700 more were injured in the attacks.

Out of 4,three were detonated in London Underground trains and fourth on a doubledecker bus.

2005 DELHI BOMBINGS

The Delhi bombings occurred on 29october 2005.

The blasts occurred two days before the important festival of diwali.

The bombs were triggered in two markets in south and central Delhi and in

a bus in the Govindpuri area in the south of the city.

62 people were killed and over 210 were injured in

the three explosions

MOSCOW THEATRE HOSTAGE

CRISIS

• The Moscow theatre hostage

crisis is also known the 2002

Nord-ost siege was the seizure

of the crowded Dubrovka

theatre on 23october 2002 by

40 to 50 armed terrorists.

• They took 850 hostages and

demanded the withdrawal of

Russian forces from

Chechenya.

• Special forces came into action

and killed all the attackers.

• Nearly 130 were killed in this

attack.

2007 HYDERABAD BOMBINGS

The Hyderabad bombings refers to the incident in which

two bombs exploded almost simultaneously on 25August

2007.

The first bomb exploded in Lumbini Amusement park at

7:45pm and the second bomb exploded five minutes later in

Gokul chat bhandar.

Atleast 42 were reported to have died in two bombings.

Social ,political and economic impact

Loss of property.

Effects on productivity.

Effect on tourism.

Effects the living condition of population.

Destabilization of an existing

government.

Effect on financial market.

PREVENTION OF TERRORISM

Primary prevention is education.

Creating awareness among people

against terrorism.

Increasing security around the nation.

The one and only strength against

terrorism is unity of people.

By protecting and mobilizing civil society.

By eliminating the root of Terrorism.

GOVERNMENT ACTS AGAINST

TERRORISM:

o Terrorist and Disruptive activities

(prevention) Act,1987 (TADA).

o The right to shoot to kill 1997 Anti-Terrorism

Act.

o Legalizing the Impermissible: the new anti-

terrorism law.

o The prevention of Terrorism act,2002.

o Unlawful activities (prevention) Amendment

Act,2004.

CONCLUSION

IN HOPE FOR A TERROR FREETOMORROW

THANKING YOU

BY

P.N.SHIVANI REDDY

G.DEEKSHA REDDY