Mumbai, July 14 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday said the government 'will do everything in its power' to prevent Mumbai-type terrorist attacks.
In his statement on arrival here Thursday evening, Manmohan Singh said: 'I assure the people that the government will do everything in its power to prevent such attacks in the future.'
Seventeen people were killed and 131 others injured in a series of bomb blasts in three busy Mumbai areas Wednesday evening.
'In the final analysis, it is the unity and strength of the people that will defeat these efforts to divide our people and destroy our civilized way of life,' said the prime minister, who is accompanied by Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
During his visit, Manmohan Singh is scheduled to visit the injured people undergoing treatment and discuss the security situation in Mumbai with Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and senior officials.
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