Indian National Day Passes Peacefully

Indians celebrated Independence Day today without major incident as security forces took unprecedented measures among fears of a terrorist attack (see GSN, Aug. 14).

Last week’s arrest of suspected airline bomb plotters in the United Kingdom, combined with wariness following last month’s train bombings in Mumbai (see GSN, July 12), spurred India to take stringent security precautions for today’s celebration (India eNews.com, Aug. 15).

In addition to securing airports and rail stations, other vital installations and key political figures, Indian forces placed the nation’s nuclear facilities under special guard.

Commandos from the elite National Security Guard have secured the Bhabha Atomic Research Center at Mumbai and other nuclear sites, Reuters reported today. Naval and air defenses have also been strengthened around the nuclear facilities (Reuters, Aug. 15).

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