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Modi condemns Karachi attack, says India stands with Pakistan

Updated on: 13 May,2015 04:16 PM IST  | 
PTI |

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday condemned the attack in Karachi in which people from minority Shia Ismaili community were targeted and said India stands firmly with the people of Pakistan in this hour of grief

Modi condemns Karachi attack, says India stands with Pakistan

Narendra Modi. Pic/PTI

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday condemned the attack in Karachi in which people from minority
Shia Ismaili community were targeted and said India stands firmly with the people of Pakistan in this hour of grief.


Also Read: 47 Shia Ismaili Muslims killed as gunmen open fire on bus in Karachi 


"The attack in Karachi is deeply saddening and utterly condemnable. Our thoughts are with the families of the deceased," he said. "We stand firmly with the people of Pakistan in this hour of grief. I wish all those injured a quick recovery," the Prime Minister said.


Modi condemns Karachi attack, says India stands with Pak peopleNarendra Modi. Pic/PTI

At least 41 people from the minority Shia Ismaili community were killed and several others injured after eight gunmen entered their bus and opened indiscriminate fire in Karachi.

The death toll could rise as about 20 others are seriously injured. The injured and dead were shifted to various hospitals by rescue workers. The gunmen stopped the packed bus, entered it and opened fire indiscriminately.

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