The Hindu : It seems they were Pakistanis: Advani

Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Monday, Nov 04, 2002

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It seems they were Pakistanis: Advani

New Delhi Nov. 3. The Deputy Prime Minister, L.K. Advani, tonight said that the two terrorists killed in the encounter at the shopping mall in south Delhi seemed to be Pakistanis and were planning to carry out the strike at the behest of Pakistan to trigger communal violence.

``We are waiting for the full report. From whatever information we have, it seems both of them were Pakistanis,'' he told `Aaj Tak' when asked whether the nationality of the terrorists has been established.

``We have had intelligence inputs in the past few days that the terrorists have been told by their masters to choose days and places which would spark off violence,'' he said, adding the terrorists chose Deepavali-eve for the attack in order to create tension.— PTI

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