This document discusses terrorism, including defining it as the unlawful use of force against people or property to intimidate governments or populations for political goals. It outlines some terrorist groups like Al-Qaeda, causes of terrorism like religious extremism and poverty, and examples of terrorist attacks over the years such as in Mumbai, London, and Delhi. These attacks have social, political, and economic impacts. Prevention measures discussed include education, security, and unity. Government acts against terrorism are also mentioned.

1. TERRORISM

2. CONTENTS:
 MEANING OF TERRORISM
 TERRORISTS
 SOME OF THE TERRORIST GROUPS
 CAUSES OF TERRORISM
 TERRORIST ATTACKS
 SOCIAL,POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS
 PREVENTION MEASURES
 PREVENTION ACTS AGAINST TERRORISM

3. MEANING OF TERRORISM:
 Terrorism actually comes from the latin word “fear’”.
 The unlawful use of force against persons or property to
intimidate the government ,civilian population for the
furtherance of social or political objectives is called
TERRORISM.
 Common threads of definitions identify terrorism as :
• POLITICAL
• PSYCHOLOGICAL
• COERCIVE
• DYNAMIC
• DELIBERATE

4. WHO IS A TERRORIST:
 One who engages himself in acts or an
act of terrorism.
 One who is the member of an armed
group that kills civilians as a mean of
political intimidation.
 One who is the member of a group that
engages in kidnapping and murder.

5. SOME OF THE TERRORIST
GROUPS
 Al-Qaeda
 Al-Ummah
 Lashkar-e-Toiba
 Armed Islamic Group(GIA)
 Al-Jihad a.k.a Egyptian Islamic Jihad
 National Liberation Army (ELN)-Columbia
 Islamic state

6. CAUSES OF TERRORISM
BELIEF IN VIOLENCE
RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM
POVERTY AND ECONOMIC
PROBLEMS
POLITICAL INSTABILITY

7. RECENT TERRORIST
ATTACKS

8. MUMBAI TERRORIST ATTACK
 It was the biggest terrorist attack in
India ever.
 The attack began on 26 November 2008
and lasted until 29 November 2008.
 Nearly 173 people were killed and 308
were wounded.
 The terrorists attacked eight places in
South Mumbai including
CHHATRAPATI SIVAJI
TERMINUS,TAJ MAHAL PALACE
,OBEROI TRIDENT,NARIMAN
HOUSE etc.
 Ajmal Kasab who was the only attacker
captured alive was hanged last
November.

9. ATTACK ON WORLD TRADE CENTRE
 Al-Qaeda terrorists
hijacked 4 commercial
air lines on
11September,2001.
 Two airlines crashed
into the north and south
tower of the world trade
centre.
 Within two hours both
the towers collapsed.
 Totally 2996 people died
in the attacks including
19 hijackers.

10. 2013 HYDERABAD BLASTS
 The twin bombs exploded in
Dilsukhnagar , Hyderabad
which is a crowded area within
100 meters of each other on
21,february 2013.
 The first explosion occurred
outside a roadside eatery named
A1 mirchi followed by the other
between venkatadri theatre and
Dilsukhnagar bus stop.
 Nearly 17 were killed and 119
were injured in the blasts.

11. 2006 MUMBAI TRAIN BOMBINGS
 The 11 july 2006 Mumbai train bombings were a
series of seven bomb blasts that took place over
a period of 11 minutes on a suburban railway in
Mumbai.
 The bombs were set off in pressure cookers , in
lunch boxes and placed in trains.
 209 were killed and over 700 were injured.

12. LONDON BOMBINGS
 The 7 july 2005 london bombings were a series of coordinated
suicide attacks in central London .
 Terrorists targeted civilians using the public transport system during
the morning rush hour.
 52 civilians were killed and over 700 more were injured in the
attacks.
 Out of 4,three were detonated in London Underground trains and
fourth on a doubledecker bus.

13. 2005 DELHI BOMBINGS
 The Delhi bombings
occurred on 29october
2005.
 The blasts occurred two
days before the important
festival of diwali.
 The bombs were triggered
in two markets in south
and central Delhi and in
a bus in the Govindpuri area in the south of the city.
 62 people were killed and over 210 were injured in
the three explosions

14. MOSCOW THEATRE HOSTAGE
CRISIS
• The Moscow theatre hostage
crisis is also known the 2002
Nord-ost siege was the seizure
of the crowded Dubrovka
theatre on 23october 2002 by
40 to 50 armed terrorists.
• They took 850 hostages and
demanded the withdrawal of
Russian forces from
Chechenya.
• Special forces came into action
and killed all the attackers.
• Nearly 130 were killed in this
attack.

15. 2007 HYDERABAD BOMBINGS
 The Hyderabad bombings refers to the incident in which
two bombs exploded almost simultaneously on 25August
2007.
 The first bomb exploded in Lumbini Amusement park at
7:45pm and the second bomb exploded five minutes later in
Gokul chat bhandar.
 Atleast 42 were reported to have died in two bombings.

16. Social ,political and economic impact
 Loss of property.
 Effects on productivity.
 Effect on tourism.
 Effects the living condition of population.
 Destabilization of an existing
government.
 Effect on financial market.

17. PREVENTION OF TERRORISM
 Primary prevention is education.
 Creating awareness among people
against terrorism.
 Increasing security around the nation.
 The one and only strength against
terrorism is unity of people.
 By protecting and mobilizing civil society.
 By eliminating the root of Terrorism.

18. GOVERNMENT ACTS AGAINST
TERRORISM:
o Terrorist and Disruptive activities
(prevention) Act,1987 (TADA).
o The right to shoot to kill 1997 Anti-Terrorism
Act.
o Legalizing the Impermissible: the new anti-
terrorism law.
o The prevention of Terrorism act,2002.
o Unlawful activities (prevention) Amendment
Act,2004.

19. CONCLUSION
IN HOPE FOR A TERROR
FREETOMORROW

20. THANKING YOU
BY
P.N.SHIVANI REDDY
G.DEEKSHA REDDY