Mumbai Cops Get '26/11-Like' Attack Warning From Pak Number

Saturday, 20 August 2022newsdesk

A WhatsApp message sent from a Pakistan-based number has set off an alert about the security of Mumbai, warning a repeat of the November 26, 2011, or 26/11, terror attacks on the city in which 175 people were killed and more than 300 injured.

New Delhi, 20 August 2022

As per news report of BBC, The Traffic Control department of Mumbai Police received a message on its WhatsApp number last night, with the sender warning Mumbai Police about a "26/11-like" terror attack on the city, sources in Mumbai Police revealed today. Screenshots doing the rounds on social media showed the message originated from a WhatsApp number based in Pakistan. NDTV cannot verify their authenticity. Mumbai Police are investigating the matter. Other security agencies have also been informed about it. In the threat message, the sender claimed that while the WhatsApp number originated outside India, the "blast" would happen in Mumbai.

Source - NDTV