Security forces shoot six "gunmen" at Delhi airport

Posted by Robert on December 4, 2008 4:13 PM

More jihad in the offing for India? "BREAKING NEWS: 'Gunmen shot' by security forces at Delhi airport," by David Williams in the [1] Daily Mail, December 4 (thanks to [2] LGF2):

Gunmen are reported to have been shot by Indian security forces at Delhi's main international airport tonight after a massive security operation was imposed following warnings that terrorists were planning 9/11-style hijackings and possible suicide attacks.

Airports in India went on high alert today following fresh warnings of attacks as officials said India suspects two senior leaders of a banned Pakistani militant group orchestrated last week's atrocity in Mumbai which left 188 people including a Briton dead and more than 300 injured.

Details on the shootings are sketchy but witnesses said police fired at least six round at a gunman or gunmen outside the main airport building.

It was not immediately clear whether there had been casualties.

The Indian police have called it a 'minor incident' in which no-one was killed, according to the Associated Press....


Article printed from Jihad Watch: http://www.jihadwatch.org/2008/12/security-forces-shoot-six-gunmen-at-delhi-airport.html

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[1] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1091426/BREAKING-NEWS-Gunmen-shot-security-forces-Delhi-airport.html
[2] http://littlegreenfootballs2.com/2008/12/04/breaking-news-six-gunmen-shot-by-security-forces-at-delhi-airport/