Indian airports on high alert after fresh tip-off

Matt Wade
The Sydney Morning Herald
December 4, 2008

The main Indian airports were on high alert last night after intelligence warnings that India may be the target of a fresh airborne terrorist attack following the assault on Mumbai last week.

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India’s Bureau of Civil Aviation issued hijack warnings for Delhi, Bangalore and Chennai airports and deployed hundreds of extra airport security personnel.

The Indian Air Force chief, Fali Homi Major, confirmed the threat of a possible airborne attack. “This is based on a warning, which has been received and we are prepared as usual,” he told the Press Trust of India news agency.

The fresh terrorism warnings were issued as the US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, visited Islamabad to continue her mission to reduce tension between the nuclear-armed neighbours India and Pakistan in the wake of the Mumbai attacks.

Dr Rice urged a united stand against terrorism. “I think it is clear that Pakistan is fighting its fight against terrorists,” she said at a joint press conference with President Asif Ali Zardari. She said she had found Pakistan’s leadership “focused and committed” to helping India investigate the attacks.

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