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Indian security officials meet to discuss IS threat

Xinhua, August 1, 2015 Adjust font size:

India's home ministry convened a high-level meeting of security officials on Saturday to discuss the threat posed by terror group Islamic State (IS), local media reported.

The Indo-Asian News Service quoted unnamed official sources as saying that the meeting was attended by security and police officers of 12 states, including Indian-controlled Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka.

It would discuss ways and means to deter youngsters from joining the terror group, said the media report.

Muslim communities will be required to persuade young people not to get "attracted towards the ideology of the terror group," said the report.

Four Indians were reportedly kidnapped in Libya by IS militants earlier this week. Two of them have been released while two others ' whereabouts remain unknown, according to local media. Endi