Sarkozy pays tribute to 26/11 martyrs at Police Memorial

Sarkozy also observed one-minute silence remembering the martyrs.

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Mumbai | December 7, 2010 12:42 PM IST

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday paid tributes to the 26/11 martyrs at the Police Memorial dedicated to security men killed during the November 2008 attacks here.

Accompanied by wife Carla Bruni and other French officials,the President laid a wreath in memory of those security personnel who died fighting terrorists in the Mumbai siege.

Sarkozy also observed one-minute silence remembering the martyrs.

166 people were killed by ten terrorists who stormed South Mumbai late on November 26,2008,targeting a pub,two luxury hotels,country’s oldest and biggest railway terminus (CST),a Jewish centre and a hospital,among others.

DGP Sivanandan,Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjeev Dayal were among the top police officials present on the occasion.

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