India has again said that the 2008 Mumbai attacks could not have been carried out without “state support,” accusing longtime rival Pakistan of helping to coordinate the siege on India’s financial hub. Indian authorities arrested Indian-born Sayed Zabiuddin, who goes by Abu Hamza and Abu Jindal, on June 21 on suspicion of helping plan the […]
India Says Pakistan Involved in 2008 Mumbai Attacks
Posted June 29th, 2012 at 1:30 pm (UTC-5)
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India: Mumbai Attack Suspect Confirms ‘State Support’
Posted June 27th, 2012 at 12:45 pm (UTC-5)
Indian officials say a man arrested last week on suspicion of helping plan the 2008 Mumbai attacks has confirmed there was “state support” in the deadly assault. While he did not name any country, India’s Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram told reporters Wednesday that the interrogation of Indian-born Sayed Zabiuddin, who goes by the name Abu […]
Mumbai Attack Suspect Arrested in India
Posted June 25th, 2012 at 10:45 am (UTC-5)
Indian officials say police have arrested a suspect involved in coordinating the 2008 terrorist attacks on the city of Mumbai that killed 166 people. Authorities say Indian-born Sayed Zabiuddin, who goes by the name Abu Hamza, was detained on June 21 after he arrived in India from the Middle East. Hamza is an alleged member […]
Mumbai Attack Suspect Arrested in India
Posted June 25th, 2012 at 6:00 am (UTC-5)
Indian police have reportedly arrested a suspect in the 2008 terrorist attacks on Mumbai. The Press Trust of India says police have detained Sayed Zabiuddin, an alleged member of Lashkar-e-Taiba, the militant group India blames for the attacks. The news organization says police tracked Zabiuddin for three years, arresting him last week when he arrived […]
US Says Natural Gas Pipelines Under Cyber Attack
Posted May 8th, 2012 at 2:40 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. security officials say that the country’s natural gas pipeline operators have been targeted in a series of cyber attacks over the last several months. The country’s Homeland Security agency said Tuesday the attacks involve “sophisticated spear-phishing” — fake emails that appear to be legitimate to employees at the natural gas companies –designed to try […]
French School Targeted by Gunman Gets Hate Mail
Posted March 28th, 2012 at 10:35 am (UTC-5)
The French Jewish school where a gunman killed three children and a teacher this month has been receiving hate mail since the attack. French authorities said Wednesday they had launched an investigation to determine the source of the threatening mail, after receiving complaints from administrators at the school in the southern city of Toulouse. The […]
India: ‘Well-Trained Terrorist’ Behind Israeli Diplomatic Attack
Posted February 14th, 2012 at 3:50 pm (UTC-5)
India’s home minister says Monday’s bombing of an Israeli embassy car was targeted at an Israeli diplomat’s wife and carried out by a well-trained terrorist. Palaniappan Chidambaram said Tuesday the bomb went off within seconds of being planted on the woman’s car by an assailant on a motorcycle. Doctors described her condition as “critical but […]
India: ‘Well-Trained Terrorist’ Behind Israeli Diplomatic Attack
Posted February 14th, 2012 at 3:25 pm (UTC-5)
India’s home minister says Monday’s bombing of an Israeli embassy car was targeted at an Israeli diplomat’s wife and carried out by a well-trained terrorist. Palaniappan Chidambaram said Tuesday the bomb went off within seconds of being planted on the woman’s car by an assailant on a motorcycle. Doctors described her condition as “critical but […]
India: ‘Well-Trained Terrorist’ Carried Out Israeli Diplomatic Attack
Posted February 14th, 2012 at 9:25 am (UTC-5)
India’s home minister says Monday’s bombing of an Israeli embassy car was carried out by a well-trained terrorist. The attack wounded an Israeli diplomat’s wife and was carried out in one of New Delhi’s most secure districts. Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said Tuesday that the bomb went off within seconds of being planted on the […]
Israel Blames Iran, Hezbollah for Embassy Attacks
Posted February 13th, 2012 at 11:05 am (UTC-5)
Israel has blamed Iran and the Lebanese Islamist group Hezbollah for near-simultaneous bomb attacks on Israeli diplomats in India and Georgia that wounded four people, one critically. Officials said the wife of Israel’s defense attache and her driver were among the injured in New Delhi when assailants bombed an Israeli diplomat’s car. Georgian police safely […]
