Three international airports in India's southern state of Kerala - Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode - have stepped up security after a 21 March threat of attacks by Sri Lankan rebel group, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Last month, two light aircraft of the LTTE bombed Sri Lanka's main Revenue Department building near its Air Force headquarters killing at least two persons before the aircraft were brought down by the military. Colombo International Airport was closed and … [Read more...] about Security stepped up Indian airports
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Security threat against Islamabad Airport
Security is being stepped up at Islamabad Airport in the aftermath of last week’s devastating bomb attack on the luxury Marriott Hotel in the Pakistani capital. Officials conducted a security sweep of Islamabad’s recently renamed Benazir Bhutto International Airport yesterday after receiving a warning about a possible suicide attack. “It was a specific threat,” said senior security official Colonel Ashraf Faiz. “The airport is on red alert.” In February … [Read more...] about Security threat against Islamabad Airport