Top cities vulnerable to terror attacks, says PC

He also expressed the government’s demand to interrogate suspected Lashkar-e-Tayyaba (LeT) operative David Headley.

Addressing a press conference in Pune, the home minister said, “Any city with a population of six million or 10 million is vulnerable to attack. We are just as vulnerable as any other city — London, New York, Tokyo or Madrid. We must adopt a sense of vigilance, a sense of alertness. Citizens should also be alert. Despite the best level of alertness, such incidents could occur, for which we are sorry. But let’s not get carried away thinking that Indian cities are more vulnerable.”

He added that the Central intelligence agencies had clues about the Osho Ashram and the Chabad House being targets.

“It is a fact that Headley had surveyed Chabad House. Whether this particular incident is related to the blast at German Bakery remains to be seen. It is premature to comment on that right now. We have to find out who is responsible for this incident,” he said.