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| Scotland Yard warns of Mumbai-style |
| Scotland Yard warns of Mumbai-style terror attack on London
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| UNITED KINGDOM
, 20-December-2009
0:17:33 AM |
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In the ‘bluntest’ warning issued by British police, Scotland Yard has said that businesses in the city of London could face a Mumbai-style terror attack early next year.
"Mumbai is coming to London," said a senior detective from SO15, the Metropolitan police's counter-terrorism command.
The detective said companies should anticipate a shooting and hostage-taking raid "involving a small number of gunmen with handguns and improvised explosive devices", 'The Sunday Times' reported.
The warning the bluntest issued by police has underlined an assessment that a terrorist cell may be preparing an attack on London early next year, it said.
Patrick Mercer, Chairman of the Commons counter-terrorism sub-committee, said the threat was "very real".
Officials now report an increase in "intelligence chatter" -- communications captured by electronic eavesdropping agencies
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