Al-Qaeda has issued a warning to the international community not to send sports people to the Commonwealth Games in India later this year, or to next week's Hockey World Cup in New Delhi.
New Zealand hockey players are among 10 nations who will next week move around Delhi under armed guard.India's government has launched an urgent review of security for sports events in the wake of a weekend bomb blast which appeared to target foreigners.Nine people died in the blast in a coffee house favoured by foreigners in the Pune, near Mumbai.
Asia Times Online said this afternoon it had received a message from top guerrilla commander Ilyas Kashmiri, whose 313 Brigade is an operational arm of al-Qaeda.
"We warn the international community not to send their people to the 2010 Hockey World Cup, IPL (Indian Premier League - a cricket competition involving international players) and Commonwealth Games. Nor should their people visit India - if they do, they will be responsible for the consequences."Al-Qaeda vowed to continue their attacks across India until the Indian Army left the disputed province of Kashmir.The Pune bombing killed nine people, including two foreigners, and injured 57.
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