India 'sad' at Pakistan deaths in Navy siege

Mon, 23 May 2011

17:34

Take this with a mound of salt.

India today expressed sadness over the loss of lives in the terror attack in Karachi and said vigil has to be stepped up in this country for which an advisory has been issued to all states.

Home Minister P Chidambaram said the attack on Pakistan Navy's air base has again highlighted the fact that India lives in a troubled neighbourhood.

(See our 15:38 pm post for the brief).

The Home Minister said India was "not happy" about the incident that took place in Karachi. "In fact, we are sad that lives are lost. But that is today a troubled State. Ten Navy personnel were killed in the attack and at least 14 injured.

Noting that any incident of terrorism in the region certainly must be viewed gravely, he said, "We must increase our vigil. Therefore we remain alert and we have alerted the states based on whatever intelligence we have".

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