Since March, 1993, there have been periodicincidents of jihadi terrorism in Indian territory outside Jammu & Kashmir.While the majority of these incidents involved the use of improvised explosivedevices (IEDs) and were directed at civilians and other soft targets, there havebeen instances of attacks on security forces personnel with hand-held weapons.Examples: Attacks on the Indian Parliament in New Delhi in December 2001, on thesecurity guards outside the US Consulate in Kolkata in January, 2002, on thesecurity forces personnel guarding the Akshardam Temple in Ahmedabad inSeptember, 2002, at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh in July, 2005, and on scientistsattending a conference in Bangalore in December, 2005.