New Delhi:
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today wrote a letter to Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, condemning the terror attack in Nairobi in which two Indians were among those killed and said a concerted global effort is required to control such mindless violence.
He directed the External Affairs Ministry to extend all help to Indian nationals who were victims of the attack at a mall in the Kenyan capital.
"The Prime Minister has sent a letter of condolence to Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta condemning the attack at a shopping mall in Nairobi," the Prime Minister's Office said. (
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Two Indians have died in the attack and four others have been injured. The Indians killed in the carnage have been identified as Sridhar Natarajan, 40, who was working with a pharma firm, and Paramshu Jain, 8, son of a bank manager.
The injured Indians are Sridhar Natarajan's wife Manjula Sridhar, Paramshu Jain's mother Mukta Jain and 12-year-old Poorvi Jain and Natarajan Ramachandran, an employee of Flamingo Duty Free, Nairobi.
About 10 to 15 masked gunmen stormed the packed shopping mall on Saturday, asked Muslims to leave and opened indiscriminate firing.
Somalia's Al Qaeda-inspired Al Shabab rebels claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was in direct retaliation for Kenya's military intervention in Somalia, where African Union troops are battling the Islamists.