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From New York to Moscow, Bali to Tunisia, it appears few places in the world are safe from terror. The recent attacks in Kenya and Bali highlight just how vulnerable tourists are as potential targets
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From New York to Moscow, Bali to Tunisia, it appears few places in the world are safe from terror. The recent attacks in Kenya and Bali highlight just how vulnerable tourists are as potential targets. Security experts have raised fears that Osama Bin Laden's al-Qaeda network is increasingly switching its focus to 'soft targets' such as holidaymakers. Experts say Bali will need a year to recover from its bombing "Nowhere in the world is really that safe," David Capitanchik, a terrorism expert at Aberdeen University, told BBC News Online. "It could happen anywhere - my biggest fear is that it would happen in London's Oxford Street in the Christmas rush." But he says some places are safer than others because of how seriously the authorities take security issues. "Where there is no security, that's where the terrorists go. And developing countries are increasingly becoming the most desirable tourist destinations. But, in...
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