JeM threatens fresh attacks

SRINAGAR, OCT. 18. Close on the heels of the Lashkar-e-Taiba threatening to step up violence, another Pakistan-based militant outfit, Jaish-e-Mohammad, has warned of intensified suicidal attacks across the country.

The JeM central command has taken the decision in view of the ``indiscriminate shelling on civilian population'' by the Indian troops in Akhnoor and Mendhar sectors and the threat by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad to construct a Ram temple at Ayodhya, the outfit said in a statement today.

The statement, which appeared in a local newspaper, said Delhi, Mumbai, Uttar Pradesh, Parliament, the State Assemblies and Army installations would be targeted in the new wave of attacks.

The military spokesman of JeM, Mr. Abu Hamza, denied that the name of the outfit had been changed to Tehreek-ul- Furqan. ``It is not true,'' he said in a statement, ``the name of the group has remained Jaish-e-Mohammad.''

The outfit had claimed responsibility for the October 1 suicidal attack on the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly which claimed 36 lives.

- PTI

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