Mosque Shooting, Australia Warning Jolt Delhi Games Preparation

Indian police blamed criminals rather than a terrorist network for the shooting of two Taiwanese nationals in Delhi a fortnight before the start of the Commonwealth Games, as Australia issued a security warning.

The shooting yesterday was the work of a “criminal gang” and not a “terror attack,” Delhi police spokesman Rajan Bhagat said by telephone today. Still, security agencies had issued a “red alert” in the city, he said, adding there had been no arrests.