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London: Al-Qaeda may be plotting a terror attack on a major British airport or other aviation-related targets in a threat which has been described as “credible”.
British security agency are also monitoring all planes flying through the UK to destinations to the US and mainland Europe as part of the terrorist threat, media report said.
The warning of an impending Al-Qaeda attack was delivered in a letter sent to aviation chiefs, BBC and Daily Telegraph newspaper reported, adding that following this the security had been upgraded at all major UK airports and transport hubs as a precautionary measure.
The plot by the terror outfit believed to be based in Pakistan’s tribal belt may come in the form of car-bomb, suicide attacks or Mumbai-style carnage, the daily said, as it was designed to cause “large number of casualties”.
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