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Mumbai shows revamped force on terror anniversary
Activists fear security steps not enough
- AP
- Published: 00:00 November 27, 2009
Mumbai: Black-clad commandos rappelled down a building and Mumbai's police showed off their new gear Thursday in what was intended as a reassuring display of force a year after a terror attack across the city killed 166 people.
Activists fear the security upgrades are not enough to prevent a repeat of the attack that laid siege to luxury hotels, turned a train station into a scene of carnage and paralysed India's commercial heart for 60 hours.
The anniversary was commemorated across Mumbai with candlelight vigils, prayer meetings, art projects, discussion groups, a blood drive, political speeches, music concerts and soul-searching newspaper articles.
Police, who were criticised for being poorly trained and underarmed, used the anniversary to exhibit their upgraded equipment — part of Mumbai's Rs1.3 billion ($27.7 million, Dh104 million) plan to beef up security. But many local activists were dissatisfied with the security reforms.
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