Thousands of mourners bid an emotional farewell in Israel to Jewish victims of the Mumbai attacks.

Large crowds gathered for the funerals of a rabbi and his wife, who ran the Chabad House Jewish cultural centre in the Indian city. Those present included President Shimon Peres, Defiance Minister Ehud Barak and opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu. Six Jews died at the centre, which was one of several places targeted in the attacks that left 188 people dead. The victims' bodies were flown to Tel Aviv on an Israeli air force flight early on Tuesday. They include four Israelis, one US citizen and one Mexican.The US warned India about a possible threat at least a month before last week's Mumbai attacks, US media have quoted unnamed officials as saying. The Director of National Intelligence, Mike McConnell, has meanwhile implied he suspects the Pakistan-based group Lashkar-e-Toiba was responsible. Islamabad has denied Indian allegations that the attackers, who killed almost 200 people, had Pakistani links. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is due in Delhi to discuss the crisis. She has urged India and Pakistan to remain in contact and work together to find those behind the "horrible attack". Ms Rice said all parties should "co-operate fully, and Pakistan in particular needs to co-operate fully and transparently".

From BBC