Friday, December 5, 2008 - 12:40
AFP News Briefs ListIndia angry as 'never before' over Mumbai attacks: PM
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Friday that his country was hurt and angry as "never before" over last week's attacks by Islamic militants in Mumbai.
"We have told the world that the people of India have felt a sense of hurt and anger as never before due to the Mumbai terror strikes," Singh said.
The strikes killed 163 people, including 26 foreigners, and injured nearly 300 others.
Singh said that he had conveyed his feelings to visiting Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, the first head of state to arrive in India since the assault on Mumbai.
"I conveyed to President Medvedev the sense of anger and outrage in India over the terrorist attacks in Mumbai," Singh told reporters after talks with Medvedev.
"We deeply appreciate Russia's expression of solidarity with India at this moment. We both agreed that these attacks represent a threat to all open and pluralistic societies," the premier said.
The attacks "require a major intensification of efforts against supporters and perpetrators of terrorism anywhere in the world", the prime minister said.
India says that the 10 gunmen involved in the assault all came from Pakistan.
Several Indian newspapers on Friday cited unidentified intelligence sources as saying that Pakistan's powerful spy agency, the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), was involved in training the gunmen.
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An Indian soldier outside the Taj Mahal hotel during last week's terrorist attacks on Mumbai. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said his country was hurt and angry as "never before" over the attacks by Islamic militants in Mumbai.
© 2007 AFP Sajjad Hussain
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (left) shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh prior to a meeting in New Delhi. Medvedev is the first foreign head of state to visit India since last week's assault on Mumbai. Singh said that India is hurt and angry as "never before" over last week's attacks by Islamic militants.
© 2007 AFP Raveendran
