Interpol foils militant attack on World Cup

Interpol said on Thursday it had foiled a militant plot to carry out an attack during the cricket World Cup now being played across South Asia.

“Last week, through cooperation from Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the Maldives, we were able to identify, locate and arrest a terrorist,” head of the France-based International Police agency (Interpol) Ronald K. Noble, told reporters in Islamabad along with Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik. “Thanks to the cooperation of your country and other countries, we were able to make sure that the World Cup remains safe,” he said.

Neither he nor Malik, gave further details. Reuters