India Attack

India Attack

The world has been shocked by terrorist attacks in India that have killed one hundred and seventy two people. The attacks happened last week and many foreigners were targeted including some Australians. So where is India and why did the attacks happen? Here's Catherine with all the details.

These were the scenes in India last week after terrorists launched their attacks.

Their targets included hotels and restaurants so foreigners were also amongst their 172 victims.

2 Australians died and 4 were injured.

So where has all this happened?

India is north-west of Australia in Asia and the attacks were in Mumbai which is India's biggest city with twenty million people.

And overall India is huge - it's the second biggest population in the world. More than a billion people. That's fifty times Australia's population.

That size means India is growing into an economic superpower.

It's increasingly important to Australian businesses and there's other links as well.

A lot of Indians live here and heaps of students come from India to study and go to uni.

So there are many people who will have family and friends affected by the attacks

Most people in India follow the Hindu religion. But there are also Muslims as well. And there has often been tension and fighting between the two.

But at this stage India thinks the terrorists were from Pakistan which is a Muslim country next door.

Other countries are helping to try and confirm that. But it could be a while before we have an answer.

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