Al-Qaeda threatens to target Delhi
International terror group Al-Qaeda has threatened to target Delhi accusing India of "killing more than 100,000 Muslims in Kashmir with US blessing" but Government said there was "no confirmed news" till now.
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: International terror group Al-Qaeda has threatened to target Delhi accusing India of "killing more than 100,000 Muslims in Kashmir with US blessing" but Government said there was "no confirmed news" till now of any such threat.
In a new video released by Al-Qaeda, a narrator said "the targeting of Tel Aviv, Moscow and Delhi" is also "our legitimate right".
"There is no confirmed news of any such threat till now. However, our forces and the state machinery are always ready to face such threats. Our forces are alert to avert any such attempt," Minister of State for Home Sriprakash Jaiswal said in a statement.
He went on to appeal to the people not to worry about such threats.
In the video, Adam Gadahn, a wanted American member of Al-Qaeda, singled out US missions in oil-rich Gulf Arab states as potential targets.
"We shall continue to target you (US) at home and abroad just as you target us at home and abroad," he warned in the video, posted on LauraMansfield.com, an American website which monitors terrorist groups.
Asked about the Al-Qaeda threat, Union Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta said "we assess everything threadbare and everyone should refrain from making a larger-than-life image of such threats, which can also prove to be wrong at times."
"I am not talking of any specific input. Whatever input we get, we look at it with diligence," he told reporters.
Efforts were on to get more details about the video from western intelligence
In a new video released by Al-Qaeda, a narrator said "the targeting of Tel Aviv, Moscow and Delhi" is also "our legitimate right".
"There is no confirmed news of any such threat till now. However, our forces and the state machinery are always ready to face such threats. Our forces are alert to avert any such attempt," Minister of State for Home Sriprakash Jaiswal said in a statement.
He went on to appeal to the people not to worry about such threats.
In the video, Adam Gadahn, a wanted American member of Al-Qaeda, singled out US missions in oil-rich Gulf Arab states as potential targets.
"We shall continue to target you (US) at home and abroad just as you target us at home and abroad," he warned in the video, posted on LauraMansfield.com, an American website which monitors terrorist groups.
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Asked about the Al-Qaeda threat, Union Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta said "we assess everything threadbare and everyone should refrain from making a larger-than-life image of such threats, which can also prove to be wrong at times."
"I am not talking of any specific input. Whatever input we get, we look at it with diligence," he told reporters.
Efforts were on to get more details about the video from western intelligence
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