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Indian PM: Train Blasts 'Supported by Elements Across the Border'
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visit Mumbai, says Pakistan must reign in terrorists on its soil
before peace process can continue Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
says the bombers behind the deadly train blasts in Bombay were
"supported by elements across the border."







Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, right, meets with an injured man in
MumbaiMr. Singh, who is visiting Bombay, also known as Mumbai, said
Friday that Pakistan must rein in terrorists on its soil before the
peace process can continue.

The prime minister plans to meet with survivors undergoing treatment
in local hospitals.  He is also expected to meet with officials
investigating Tuesday's attacks in Bombay.

In another development, officials in Nepal say they are investigating
two Pakistanis for possible links to the railway bombings.

Authorities say the two men were arrested Tuesday at a Kathmandu
hotel.  They were detained in connection with the discovery of
powerful explosives in Kathmandu in 2001.

A Nepalese court granted police five days to interrogate the
Pakistanis about the Bombay train bombings, which killed about 200
people and wounded 700 others.

Pakistan's Foreign Ministry has dismissed allegations in the Indian
media that Pakistani intelligence agents were involved in the attacks,
calling the accusations "frivolous".

New Delhi television has reported that police are investigating phone
calls made to Dubai and the Pakistani city of Karachi minutes before
and after the blasts.

Indian authorities are searching for three suspects in the coordinated
bombings, including a terrorist mastermind named Rahil.  The other two
suspects were named as Sayyad Zabiuddin and Zulfeqar Fayyaz.

Indian officials said Thursday the prime suspect in the bombings is
Lashkar-e-Toiba, an outlawed Pakistan-based Islamic militant group
that operates in Indian Kashmir.  Lashkar denies it was involved.

Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.

 


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