A manhunt was underway in Mumbai on Friday to four terrorists linked to the militant group that the 2008 siege that killed 166 people.
The terror alert has been issued on Christmas Eve in the city, India's financial capital, with checkpoints set up and closed the roads authorities have searched the suspects in the Pakistan-based group, Lashkar-e-Taiba.
"Four men were planning attacks, which come to cause destruction," said Joint Commissioner of Police Himanshu Roy in Mumbai.
"Four more recently arrived in Mumbai," he said. "We believe that the threat is serious."
Photographs of four suspects were released, and officials of India rachet patrols in high traffic areas of Mumbai.
The roads were closed near the Taj Mahal, one of the objectives of the three-day 2008 strike. But despite the increased security and high voltages, it was generally business as usual in Mumbai, officials said.
It 'was the first notification slips up the city since September, when officials fear that Islamic militants were planning an attack during a Hindu festival.
Six months earlier, two Indian men arrested for planning a strike against several targets in the city - home to Bollywood, the Indian film industry.
India asks Pakistan to take action against terrorist groups operating within its borders, and the government banned Lashkar-e-Taiba.
But the terrorist group is still believed to have the support of groups of military and intelligence agencies in Pakistan.
The terror alert has been issued on Christmas Eve in the city, India's financial capital, with checkpoints set up and closed the roads authorities have searched the suspects in the Pakistan-based group, Lashkar-e-Taiba.
"Four men were planning attacks, which come to cause destruction," said Joint Commissioner of Police Himanshu Roy in Mumbai.
"Four more recently arrived in Mumbai," he said. "We believe that the threat is serious."
Photographs of four suspects were released, and officials of India rachet patrols in high traffic areas of Mumbai.
The roads were closed near the Taj Mahal, one of the objectives of the three-day 2008 strike. But despite the increased security and high voltages, it was generally business as usual in Mumbai, officials said.
It 'was the first notification slips up the city since September, when officials fear that Islamic militants were planning an attack during a Hindu festival.
Six months earlier, two Indian men arrested for planning a strike against several targets in the city - home to Bollywood, the Indian film industry.
India asks Pakistan to take action against terrorist groups operating within its borders, and the government banned Lashkar-e-Taiba.
But the terrorist group is still believed to have the support of groups of military and intelligence agencies in Pakistan.

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