On 13 December 2001, at 11:45 a.m. local time(UTC+5:30), just as the MPs were preparing to leave the House, militants armed with AK-47s and hand-grenades breached the security at Gate No.12 of the Parliament Building and opened indiscriminate fire, killing six policemen and one Parliament employee.
２００１年１２月１３日に、現地時間午前１１時４５分（UTC５時３０分）、MPが下院を去る準備をしていたちょうどその時、AK-４７と手榴弾で武装した闘士が議会ビルの１２番ゲートでセキュリティを破って、無差別発砲し、６人の警官と１人の議会従業員を殺した。