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Intelligence agencies warn of ‘lone wolf’ terror attacks on foreign missions in India
Neeraj Chauhan,TNN | Nov 7, 2014, 03.07 AM IST
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After the recent suicide attack across the border in Wagah, agencies are not taking the jihadi threats of similar attacks in India lightly and have stepped up vigil.
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NEW DELHI: Fearing 'lone wolf' terrorist attacks on western targets in major metropolitan cities, central intelligence agencies have asked police forces to take extra measures to secure embassies, consulates and nationals of such countries, especially the US. The target list includes Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Chennai.
Agencies fear that educated youths from different parts of the country, radicalized over the internet by terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), may carry out solo attacks on western targets, sources said. Police have been asked to specifically brief diplomats of US, Australia, Canada and European countries and beef up security in areas frequented by western nationals.
READ ALSO: ISIS has designs on India, experts say
ISIS recently called upon youths to carry out attacks on targets within their countries to spread terror in its name. Heeding the call, ISIS sympathizers and radicalized youth in countries like Australia and Canada have carried out 'lone wolf' attacks to attract the group's attention.
Security vigil up after Wagah attack
Sources said agencies have picked up chatter on the internet asking youths to "pick Americans and Israelis on the streets and stab them". After the recent suicide attack across the border in Wagah, agencies are not taking the jihadi threats of similar attacks in India lightly and have stepped up vigil.
Indian Border Security Force personnel stand guard at the India-Pakistan border at Wagah on November 3, 2014, following the November 2 suicide bomb attack on the Pakistani side of the Wagah border gate. (AFP Photo)
READ ALSO: Taliban group threatens to attack India following Wagah blast
In India, ISIS has no presence but the alert clearly states that the threat of such attacks on westerners happening in other countries "has acquired salience in India as well".
Such concerns have intensified after the disclosure by 24-year-old Anees Shakeel Ahmed Ansari of Mumbai, who was arrested on October 18, that he was radicalized by material on the internet and had planned an attack on American School located at Bandra-Kurla Complex. He also told investigators that he had attempted a knife attack on a US national to get support and sympathy from ISIS. Ansari had reportedly collected details from the internet about 'Flame Throwers' and 'Thermite' bombs.
The alert warns that there are now several cases of educated, young boys being radicalized over the internet in places like Telangana, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Rajasthan.
The threat is significant in the wake of Sultan Abdul Kadir Armar alias Abdul Rehman Nadvi Al-Hindi, chief ideologue of Ansar-Ul-Tawheed-Al-Hind (AuT), a group loosely associated with Indian Mujahideen, recently offering allegiance to ISIS in a video. Sources say there are several Indian Mujahideen members in India and most of them are educated and internet-savvy.
Intelligence agencies warn of ‘lone wolf’ terror attacks on foreign missions in India - The Times of India
Neeraj Chauhan,TNN | Nov 7, 2014, 03.07 AM IST
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After the recent suicide attack across the border in Wagah, agencies are not taking the jihadi threats of similar attacks in India lightly and have stepped up vigil.
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NEW DELHI: Fearing 'lone wolf' terrorist attacks on western targets in major metropolitan cities, central intelligence agencies have asked police forces to take extra measures to secure embassies, consulates and nationals of such countries, especially the US. The target list includes Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Chennai.
Agencies fear that educated youths from different parts of the country, radicalized over the internet by terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), may carry out solo attacks on western targets, sources said. Police have been asked to specifically brief diplomats of US, Australia, Canada and European countries and beef up security in areas frequented by western nationals.
READ ALSO: ISIS has designs on India, experts say
ISIS recently called upon youths to carry out attacks on targets within their countries to spread terror in its name. Heeding the call, ISIS sympathizers and radicalized youth in countries like Australia and Canada have carried out 'lone wolf' attacks to attract the group's attention.
Security vigil up after Wagah attack
Sources said agencies have picked up chatter on the internet asking youths to "pick Americans and Israelis on the streets and stab them". After the recent suicide attack across the border in Wagah, agencies are not taking the jihadi threats of similar attacks in India lightly and have stepped up vigil.
Indian Border Security Force personnel stand guard at the India-Pakistan border at Wagah on November 3, 2014, following the November 2 suicide bomb attack on the Pakistani side of the Wagah border gate. (AFP Photo)
READ ALSO: Taliban group threatens to attack India following Wagah blast
In India, ISIS has no presence but the alert clearly states that the threat of such attacks on westerners happening in other countries "has acquired salience in India as well".
Such concerns have intensified after the disclosure by 24-year-old Anees Shakeel Ahmed Ansari of Mumbai, who was arrested on October 18, that he was radicalized by material on the internet and had planned an attack on American School located at Bandra-Kurla Complex. He also told investigators that he had attempted a knife attack on a US national to get support and sympathy from ISIS. Ansari had reportedly collected details from the internet about 'Flame Throwers' and 'Thermite' bombs.
The alert warns that there are now several cases of educated, young boys being radicalized over the internet in places like Telangana, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Rajasthan.
The threat is significant in the wake of Sultan Abdul Kadir Armar alias Abdul Rehman Nadvi Al-Hindi, chief ideologue of Ansar-Ul-Tawheed-Al-Hind (AuT), a group loosely associated with Indian Mujahideen, recently offering allegiance to ISIS in a video. Sources say there are several Indian Mujahideen members in India and most of them are educated and internet-savvy.
Intelligence agencies warn of ‘lone wolf’ terror attacks on foreign missions in India - The Times of India
