Blasts 8216;reprehensible8217;, need to cooperate: India

India termed as 8220;reprehensible8221; the bomb blast at the homecoming procession of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in Karachi and said all governments should make determined efforts to deal with terrorism.

8220;We strongly condemn the terrorist attack in Karachi yesterday. It is reprehensible that senior political figures are targetted in this way with such loss of innocent lives,8221; External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Navtej Sarna said.

He said the 8220;spectre of terrorism confronting our region requires strong and determined action by all our governments.8221;

A suicide bomber struck Bhutto8217;s convoy on Thursday, killing over 130 people and leaving nearly 400 injured, in a failed assassination bid on the former Pakistan premier hours after her return to Pakistan from an eight-year self-exile.