Mumbai on alert over militant attack threat
Security was stepped up in India's financial capital Mumbai yesterday, after intelligence warnings of a possible militant attack targeting foreigners, the Press Trust of India (PTI) said.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was scheduled to fly to Mumbai on today on the second leg of a two-day India visit.
"Extensive security measures have been put in place and an alert has been sounded in the city in the wake of inputs of a terror threat ahead of Christmas and the New Year," PTI quoted Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjeev Dayal as saying.
"There are conscious efforts by terror organisations to target foreigners during these two festivals here," Dayal said.
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