Germania - Inglese

Merkel deplores attack

[Times - World]

<b>BERLIN</b> Chancellor Angela Merkel called an attack on eight Indians in an eastern German town “extremely deplorable and shameful”, a government spokesman said. Thomas Steg said Mrs Merkel asked the ministry responsible for tackling xenophobia to report on what measures were being taken to deal with the problem. He said: “She condemned this attack in the strongest terms and expressed her profound dismay about the brutal violence that occurred.” India has asked Germany to take action over the incident in Muegeln, near Leipzig. <i>(Reuters)</i>