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INDIA'S PREMIER commercial and financial capital Mumbai was yesterday traumatised by the overnight attacks in which over 100 people were killed and 300 injured. Claimed by an unknown organisation, Indian leaders suspect the young men involved are associated with Islamist groups based in Pakistan, which have carried out similar acts elsewhere.

These atrocities therefore raise troubling questions about India's internal affairs ahead of general elections next year, in addition to relations with its largest neighbour at a time when Pakistan is anything but stable. Leaders of both countries and of India's major political parties must now do their best to calm inflamed attitudes.