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Meenambakkam airport bomb blast

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A bomb exploded at Meenambakkam airport in Madras, killing several people.

On 2 August 1984 a bomb exploded at Meenambakkam International Airport in Madras, now Chennai International Airport. The explosion killed and injured a number of people in the airport building. The attack was attributed to a Sri Lankan Tamil militant group, and several people were later tried in connection with it. It was one of the first major acts of terrorism in Tamil Nadu linked to the Sri Lankan conflict.

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