Coimbatore blast | NIA says Mubin planned terror strikes
The Hindu
He conspired to cause extensive damage to symbols, monuments of a particular faith
The National Investigation Agency on November 10 said Jameesha Munin, the deceased suspect in the Coimbatore bomb blast case, had planned suicide attacks to cause extensive damage to symbols and monuments of a particular religious faith.
The agency said preliminary investigation had revealed that Mubin, after taking ‘bayath’ or oath to serve Islamic State, was planning to carry out suicidal attacks with the intention to strike terror among a particular section of community.
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The six accused persons arrested in this case so far had allegedly conspired with Mubin to procure different chemicals and other ingredients for fabrication of Improvised Explosive Devices (IED), including an vehicle-borne IED, from online shopping platforms to commit terrorist acts, the NIA said.
The NIA on Thursday conducted simultaneous searches at several places across Tamil Nadu and one in Kerala in the follow up to the Coimbatore bomb blast case.
Special teams of the central agency commenced searches with the backup of local police on the premises of persons they suspected of being IS activists or sympathisers.
Investigators were acting on inputs from intelligence agencies and information revealed by suspects arrested in the car explosion case, the sources said.
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