Mumbai braces for follow-up terrorist attack

A MANHUNT was under way in Mumbai yesterday for four alleged members of the same Islamist group that attacked the city in 2008, amid warnings of a strike on foreign targets over Christmas and the new year.
Roads were closed in and around the luxury Taj Mahal Palace Hotel - focus of the deadly siege two years ago that killed 166 - while armed police were out in force at high-profile sites, including overseas consulates.
Mumbai police warned on Friday that four operatives of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant outfit were preparing a ''violent attack'' during the festive season and called for residents to be vigilant.

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