Editing Improvised explosive device (section)

===India===
IEDs are increasingly being used by [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)|Maoists]] in India.{{When|date=August 2021}}<ref name="Hindu">{{cite news |last=Sethi |first=Aman |date=4 April 2010 |title=Troop fatality figures show changing Maoist strategy |work=[[The Hindu]] |location=Chennai, India |url=http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/article388033.ece |access-date=July 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011232621/http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/article388033.ece |archive-date=October 11, 2011}}</ref>

On 13 July 2011, three IEDs were used by the [[Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir]] to carry out a [[2011 Mumbai bombings|coordinated attack on the city of Mumbai]], killing 19 people and injuring 130 more.<ref name="NDTV">{{cite news|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/three-blasts-in-mumbai-21-dead-over-140-injured-119083|title=Three blasts in Mumbai, 18 dead, over 130 injured|newspaper=NDTV.com |publisher=[[NDTV]]|access-date=17 July 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902103515/http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/three-blasts-in-mumbai-21-dead-over-140-injured-119083|archive-date= September 2, 2011}}</ref><ref name="DD News">{{cite web|url=http://www.ddinews.gov.in/National/National+-+Headlines/Death+toll+in+Mumbai.htm|title=Blasts: ATS claims good leads, suicide bomber ruled out|publisher=[[DD News]]|access-date=17 July 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717024108/http://www.ddinews.gov.in/National/National+-+Headlines/Death+toll+in+Mumbai.htm|archive-date=17 July 2011}}</ref>

On 21 February 2013, two IEDs were used to carry out [[2013 Hyderabad blasts|bombings in the Indian city of Hyderabad]]. The bombs exploded in Dilsukhnagar, a crowded shopping area of the city, within 150 metres of each other.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_hyderabad-blasts-indian-mujahideen-suspected-ammonium-nitrate-found-on-site_1803037|title=Hyderabad blasts: Indian Mujahideen suspected, ammonium nitrate found on site – Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis|date=22 February 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130225104123/http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_hyderabad-blasts-indian-mujahideen-suspected-ammonium-nitrate-found-on-site_1803037|archive-date=February 25, 2013}}</ref>

On 17 April 2013, two kilos of explosives used in Bangalore bomb blast at Malleshwaram area, leaving 16 injured and no fatalities. Intelligence sources have said the bomb was an Improvised Explosive Device or IED.<ref>{{cite news|last=NDTV|first=NDTV|title=Bangalore blast: Two kilos of explosives used, say police; CCTV footage offers clues|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/cheat-sheet/bangalore-blast-two-kilos-of-explosives-used-say-police-cctv-footage-offers-clues-355318|access-date=17 April 2013|newspaper=NDTV|date=17 April 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812235734/https://www.ndtv.com/cheat-sheet/bangalore-blast-improvised-explosive-device-used-say-sources-519366|archive-date=August 12, 2022}}</ref>

On 21 May 2014, Indinthakarai village supporters of the [[Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant]] were targeted by opponents using over half a dozen crude "country-made bombs". It was further reported that there had been at least four similar bombings in [[Tamil Nadu]] during the preceding year.<ref>{{cite web|author=Sudipto Mondal|title=Explosions at village near Kudankulam plant: Reports|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bombs-go-off-at-village-near-kudankulam-nuclear-plant-reports-/article1-1221664.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140523002413/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bombs-go-off-at-village-near-kudankulam-nuclear-plant-reports-/article1-1221664.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 May 2014|website=[[Hindustan Times]]|access-date=11 December 2014}}</ref>

On 28 December 2014, a minor explosion took place near the Coconut Grove restaurant at Church Street in [[Bangalore]] on Sunday around 8:30&nbsp;pm. One woman was killed and another injured in the blast.<ref>{{cite web|title=Minor explosion at Church Street in Bengaluru|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/450319/minor-explosion-church-street-bengaluru.html|website=[[Deccan Herald]]|date=28 December 2014|access-date=29 December 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622033542/http://www.deccanherald.com/content/450319/minor-explosion-church-street-bengaluru.html|archive-date=June 22, 2015}}</ref>

During the [[2016 Pathankot attack]], several casualties came from IEDs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/pathankot-attack-ied-explodes-during-combing-ops-3-more-personnel-die/20160103.htm|title=Pathankot operation continues; 2 terrorists still holed up – Rediff.com India News|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405234309/http://www.rediff.com/news/report/pathankot-attack-ied-explodes-during-combing-ops-3-more-personnel-die/20160103.htm|archive-date=April 5, 2016}}</ref>

On 14 February 2019 in [[2019 Pulwama attack]], several casualties were reported due to IED blast.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/twelve-crpf-jawans-injured-in-ied-blast-in-j-k-1456037-2019-02-14|title=Pulwama terror attack: Suicide bomber drives SUV packed with 300 kg explosives into CRPF bus, 44 men martyred – indiatoday.in|date=14 February 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230303082024/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/twelve-crpf-jawans-injured-in-ied-blast-in-j-k-1456037-2019-02-14|archive-date=March 3, 2023}}</ref>

On 29 October 2023, a series of IED explosions were used to kill 2 attendees at a [[2023 Kerala bombing|Jehovah's Witnesses Convention]] in Kalamassery, India.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bureau |first=The Hindu |date=2023-10-29 |title=Bomb blasts kill three, injure 41 worshippers at Jehovah's Witnesses convention in Kerala's Kalamassery |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/people-killed-several-injured-in-explosion-at-a-convention-centre-in-kalamassery/article67472535.ece |access-date=2023-10-30 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>