New Delhi: Political leaders on Sunday paid tributes to those who were killed in the terror attack on Parliament eight years ago that almost sparked off an India-Pakistan war.
Vice President Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Leader of Opposition L K Advani, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and several MPs paid floral tributes to the nine people who were killed at a solemn ceremony in the Parliament House premises.
Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar was also present.
Five heavily armed gunmen said to be Pakistanis - Islamabad denies the charge - stormed Parliament and opened indiscriminate fire, killing nine people instantly on December 13, 2001.
The victims included five Delhi Police personnel, a woman constable of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), two Parliament security attendants and a gardener. A journalist who was injured died later. All five terrorists were shot dead.
A year later four terrorists, including convicted Afzal Guru, were arrested for the attack and found guilty after trial.
Guru, who is said to be a Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist, was the only accused to be awarded the death penalty. The sentence has been stayed as his mercy petition is pending. He is in Delhi's Tihar Jail.
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