Click to play videoNew Delhi: External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has expressed concern over the rise of terrorism in India's neighbouring countries particularly Pakistan.
"Once again it proves that terrorism is the biggest menace to the world peace and tranquility. Unfortunately the whole region has become the victim of senseless violence of the perpetrators of terrorism. We express our deep condolence to the trainees who lost their lives and also to the security and police personnel who lost their lives in fighting against terrorists," Mukherjee said about the terror strike at a police academy on the outskirts of Lahore on Monday.
Mukherjee, who is contesting from the Jangipur Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal, was talking to the media at the end of a poll rally at Lalgola in Murshidabad district.
Heavily-armed gunmen had stormed the police academy, killing at least 22 policemen and injuring 90 others before taking an unspecified number of security personnel as hostages.
The nearly nine-hour long siege ended after Pakistani commandos killed four terrorists and arrested others.
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