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Mumbai terror attacks: India holds tearful first anniversary

Mumbai has held tearful memorial events to mark the first anniversary of the attacks that killed 166 people and ratcheted up tensions with Pakistan.

While emotional onlookers waved Indian flags and banners with slogans such as "End The Violence", police commandos with new weapons and armoured cars tracked the route the 10 gunmen took for an attack that stunned the country.

The show of strength was in contrast to more emotional events across India's commercial capital.

Residents lit candles outside a Jewish centre, one of several sites from luxury hotels to the city's biggest railway station, that were targeted by 10 Pakistan-based militants in a rampage lasting three days.

Read entire article at Telegraph (UK)