Mumbai-style plot uncovered

Intelligence agencies on Wednesday claimed that they had uncovered and foiled a plot by Pakistan-based groups to launch simultaneous, Mumbai-style terror attacks against high-profile targets in Britain, France and Germany. Media reports quoted security forces as saying that small teams of commandos were to ‘seize and kill’ hostages. “Western security agencies may have been hoping to keep the matter out of the public realm for longer so criminal evidence could be gathered but initial details were leaked to the US media,” it said. Prime Minister David Cameron was said to have been ‘shocked’ when informed about the alleged plot.