Indian Police Thwart Suicide Plot
Police said Saturday that they had arrested three militants who admitted plotting a suicide attack at New Delhi’s international airport.
Gopal Sharma, chief of police in Jammu and Kashmir state, told reporters that the three men belonged to the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba guerrilla group.
“Preliminary interrogation revealed that they intended to carry out a criminal act of terror on Indira Gandhi International Airport around Feb. 20,” Sharma said.
The three have been identified as Assan Ulah, Mohammed Bashir and Rashid, who goes by only one name, Sharma said. All three are from Pakistan, he added. He said the suspects were still being interrogated and had not yet been charged.
Police recovered a large amount of weapons, including three assault rifles and 12 grenades, when the men were arrested, Sharma said.
Lashkar is among more than a dozen guerrilla groups that have been fighting security forces in the Indian-held portion of Kashmir. The groups seek the region’s independence or its merger with Pakistan.
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