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Indian police hold 5 over blast claim by e-mail
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September 9, 2011, Friday
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INDIAN police yesterday detained five people for questioning, including the owner of an Internet cafe, over an e-mail claiming responsibility for a bombing that killed 12 people in New Delhi.
The owner, his brother and an employee of the Global Cyber Cafe in Kishtwar, a city in the Indian administered Jammu and Kashmir, were held for questioning over an e-mail allegedly linked to a bomb that exploded at the entrance of the High Court on Wednesday.
The authorities are investigating the authenticity of an email claiming to be from the militant group Harkat-ul-Jihad Islami and sent from the cafe. The group, affiliated with al--Qaida and based largely in Pakistan, has previously claimed responsibility for attacks in India, but not in recent years.
Media outlets said a separate email purportedly from the Indian Mujahideen, a homegrown radical group said to have support from Pakistan-based militants fighting Indian rule in Kashmir, had also claimed responsibility for the attack.
The e-mail contained a threat to blow up a shopping mall next Tuesday. A home ministry official told reporters authorities were investigating.
The government has been criticized for failing to put in place sufficient security measures at such a high-profile location as the High Court in the Indian capital, especially as the blast came only days before the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks in the US.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh conceded on Wednesday that militants were exploiting weaknesses in India's security apparatus.
Several Islamist groups have been fighting Indian rule of the disputed region of Kashmir for years.
Ilyas Kashmiri, who the US believes was killed recently in Pakistan, was head of Harkat-ul-Jihad Islami and a senior al-Qaida member.
The owner, his brother and an employee of the Global Cyber Cafe in Kishtwar, a city in the Indian administered Jammu and Kashmir, were held for questioning over an e-mail allegedly linked to a bomb that exploded at the entrance of the High Court on Wednesday.
The authorities are investigating the authenticity of an email claiming to be from the militant group Harkat-ul-Jihad Islami and sent from the cafe. The group, affiliated with al--Qaida and based largely in Pakistan, has previously claimed responsibility for attacks in India, but not in recent years.
Media outlets said a separate email purportedly from the Indian Mujahideen, a homegrown radical group said to have support from Pakistan-based militants fighting Indian rule in Kashmir, had also claimed responsibility for the attack.
The e-mail contained a threat to blow up a shopping mall next Tuesday. A home ministry official told reporters authorities were investigating.
The government has been criticized for failing to put in place sufficient security measures at such a high-profile location as the High Court in the Indian capital, especially as the blast came only days before the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks in the US.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh conceded on Wednesday that militants were exploiting weaknesses in India's security apparatus.
Several Islamist groups have been fighting Indian rule of the disputed region of Kashmir for years.
Ilyas Kashmiri, who the US believes was killed recently in Pakistan, was head of Harkat-ul-Jihad Islami and a senior al-Qaida member.
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