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The '''Shaheed Khalsa Force''' (or '''Shaheed Khalsa Force''') claimed credit for marketplace bombings in [[New Delhi]] in 1997.<ref name=NYT97>{{cite news | title =3 Killed and 62 Hurt by Blasts at a Crowded Market in Delhi | work =The New York Times| date =1 December 1997| url =https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE4D61E3AF932A35751C1A961958260| accessdate =2007-12-23 }}</ref> The group was previously unknown.<ref>[http://www.fas.org/irp/world/para/sikh.htm Info on Sikh Militant Organizations] at [[Federation of American Scientists]] website</ref>

==Bomb blasts==

Shaheed Khalsa Force had asserted that it set off three blasts in a [[Delhi]] district on 2 October 1997, wounding 27 people during a Hindu religious procession.<ref name=NYT97/>

The same day, three bombs put in a train near Delhi killed 2 people and wounded 38, including 2 [[Japanese people|Japanese]] visitors and 5 [[Australians]].<ref name=NYT97/>

Shaheed Khalsa Force also asserted responsibility for three explosions in Delhi on 10 October 1997 that killed a child and wounded 16.<ref name=NYT97/>

==Evidence about the group==
All bombings for which Shaheed Khalsa Force claimed responsibility were in the Indian capital, Delhi. After 4-5 bomb-blasts in Delhi in 1997, the group was not reported again. Delhi police never arrested any member of SKF nor identified any of its leaders, so it remains unclear if the group was real or just a [[hoax]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Sikh politics]]
[[Category:Sikh terrorism]]
[[Category:Sikh terrorism in India]]
[[Category:Paramilitary organisations based in India]]

Shaheed Khalsa Force - Revision history

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