English Badminton team withdraw from World Championship because of terror threat After what has been described as a "specific terrorist threat", the English national badminton team has withdrawn from the Badminton World Championship currently being held in Hyderabad , India. The threat is believed to be linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Kashmiri group linked to the attack on Mumbai in 2008. V.K. Verma president of the Badminton Association of India dismissed the "terror threats" as rumors spread by the media. The Welsh and Scottish teams will continue to compete in the tournament, with Anne Smillie chief executive of Badminton Scotland saying that the English team had "perhaps overreacted".
English Badminton team withdraw from World Championship because of terror threat After what has been described as a "specific terrorist threat", the English national badminton team has withdrawn from the Badminton World Championship currently being held in , India. The threat is believed to be linked to , a group linked to the in 2008. V.K. Verma president of the Badminton Association of India dismissed the "terror threats" as rumors spread by the media. The Welsh and Scottish teams will continue to compete in the tournament, with Anne Smillie chief executive of Badminton Scotland saying that the had "perhaps overreacted".
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