India PM says attacks plotted by overseas groups
INDIA: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that the
attacks in Mumbai which killed more than 125 people were probably
plotted by a group based in a neighbouring country.
Singh said that would "take up strongly" the use of neighbours'
territory to launch attacks on India.
"The well-planned and well-orchestrated attacks, probably with
external linkages, were intended to create a sense of terror by choosing
high-profile targets," Singh said in an address to the nation.
Singh was speaking as commandos battled militants in the Taj Hotel
and the Trident-Oberoi in Mumbai, where scores of people were trapped or
taken hostage.
"We will take up strongly with our neighbours that the use of their
territory for launching attacks on us will not be tolerated and there
will be a cost if suitable measures are not taken by them," Singh said.
"It is evident that the group that carried these attacks, based
outside the country, had come with single-minded determination to create
havoc in the commercial capital of the country," Singh said.
NEW DELHI, Thursday, Reuters
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