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Pune bombings
Dear friends,

you have read in the news about the bombing attack to a small coffee house called "Germn Bakery" in the midtown of Pune.

I would like to share a letter that I received from our fellow Vikas whose office premises are just some minutes away from that gives a near witness view of the events.

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The incident is indeed most unfortunate resulting in a loss of 9 precious lives and many more battling it out right now!!! The spot is just about a few hundred meters away from our office and too close for comfort. Infact I was approaching the exact blast site and it happened just a 3-4 minutes before I reached there (I got stuck in a traffic jam just a few blocks before the site) not knowing what had happened. It was chilling, no doubt.

Hope this madness ends soon. You can check http://www.ndtv.com or http://www.thetimesofindia.com for authentic news/reports. The place is called German Bakery but it has no connection with Germany as such; it so happens that the owners of the establishment had a good German friend, and in 1988 when they were planning to start off this outlet, their German friend suggested to name the outlet differently – and the owners decided to call it German Bakery as a tribute to their friend. The outlet is less than 100 meters from the Osho Commune ("Bhagwan") headquarters, and was frequented by a lot of foreigners; it was also a favorite with youngsters who would like to hang around. The outlet was also in a way a little notorious with a view that drugs were rampantly used/available out there.

The Jewish Synagogue is also a few blocks away from the blast site, but adequate security is provided to that place due to past threats and considering what happened in Mumbai in 2008.
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- 15 Feb 2010, 5:58 pm
Axel Angeli wrote: > Dear friends, > > you have read in the news about the bombing attack to a small coffee > house called "Germn Bakery" in the midtown of Pune. > > I would like to share a letter that I received from our fellow Vikas > whose office premises are just some minutes away from that gives a > near witness view of the events. > > ====== > The incident is indeed most unfortunate resulting in a loss of 9 > precious lives and many more battling it out right now!!! The spot is > just about a few hundred meters away from our office and too close > for comfort. Infact I was approaching the exact blast site and it > happened just a 3-4 minutes before I reached there (I got stuck in a > traffic jam just a few blocks before the site) not knowing what had > happened. It was chilling, no doubt. > > Hope this madness ends soon. You can check www.ndtv.com or > www.thetimesofindia.com for authentic news/reports. The place is > called German Bakery but it has no connection with Germany as such; > it so happens that the owners of the establishment had a good German > friend, and in 1988 when they were planning to start off this outlet, > their German friend suggested to name the outlet differently – and > the owners decided to call it German Bakery as a tribute to their > friend. The outlet is less than 100 meters from the Osho Commune > ("Bhagwan") headquarters, and was frequented by a lot of foreigners; > it was also a favorite with youngsters who would like to hang around. > The outlet was also in a way a little notorious with a view that > drugs were rampantly used/available out there. > > The Jewish Synagogue is also a few blocks away from the blast site, > but adequate security is provided to that place due to past threats > and considering what happened in Mumbai in 2008. > ======

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