HuJI chief warns sports-persons against visiting India

Islamabad, Feb 16 (PTI) Vowing to carry out attacks
across India, Pakistan-occupied Kashmir-based HuJI has warned
international sports-persons against visiting the country to
participate in upcoming events like the Hockey World Cup, the
Indian Premier League and Commonwealth Games.
Asia Times Online claimed Ilyas Kashmiri, a former
Pakistani commando whose 313 Brigade is an operational arm of
al-Qaeda, has vowed to continue attacks across India while
threatening international sports-persons to face the
consequences if they chose to visit the country.
"We warn the international community not to send their
people to 2010 Hockey World Cup, IPL and Commonwealth Games...
Nor should their people visit India - if they do, they will be
responsible for the consequences," Kashmiri, the fugitive
chief of PoK chapter of Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami, warned in a
message delivered to the Asia Times online.
The message comes after the Pune bomb blasts but does
not specifically claim responsibility for the incident.
"The message does not specifically claim
responsibility for the bombing, but implies the Brigade's
involvement," the news portal said in a story from Islamabad.
Kashmiri is believed to have directed LeT operative
David Coleman Headley in his planning missions for the Mumbai
terror attacks in 2008. PTI