Six Islamic Bombers Arrested for Mumbai Plot

(Uttar Pradesh, India) Six Islamic terrorists, on their way to Mumbai to carry out suicide attacks, were arrested by Indian police this past weekend.

The putative virgin-seekers, armed with weapons and grenades, were traveling in two groups, destined to blow up the Mumbai Stock Exchange.

"They had multiple targets," said Amitabh Yash, senior superintendent of police in the state of Uttar Pradesh. "If they failed in their first target (the stock exchange), then they were going to move to their second one: the Churchgate railway station."

The stock exchange in Mumbai is the oldest in Asia and one of the largest in the world -- and a symbol of the country's rapidly growing economy.

The train station that the militants allegedly targeted is used daily by thousands of commuters in the metropolis of more than 11 million people. [ ... ]

"This is very significant," Yash said of the arrests. "Generally, we catch two or three of them, the rest manage to escape."

"But then, this is also a warning because that tells us how extensive the network is," he added. "And you can be sure there will be other(s)."

The Islamic terrorists were identified as members of Lashkar e-Tayyiba, a designated terrorist group which is fighting against Indian rule in Kashmir.