LTTE bomb threat at Kerala airports

Thiruvananthapuram, Saturday 21 March 2009:
The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has tightened security at all airports in Kerala following a Central Intelligence Bureau (CIB) warning on Thursday night that elements sympathetic to the cause of militant groups fighting the Army in Sri Lanka could carry out punitive bomb strikes in airports across south India.
The CIB issued the advisory to the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), which, in turn, alerted the CISF headquarters. Official sources said the CIB alert was not specific or sensitive in nature.

They said that certain Tamil radical groups in south India apparently believed that the Indian government supported the Sri Lankan Army’s continuing operation against the Liberation Tigers of the Tamil Elam (LTTE) and operatives of such elements could be contemplating to carry out bombings at airports in the Indian Peninsular region to gain attention for their cause on the eve of the Lok Sabha elections.

The CISF personnel were screening all vehicle entering airports in the State. Its anti-sabotage teams have increased the frequency of their checks. Quick reaction teams of the CISF were also on the standby.

(Kerala Online)