Rabbi and wife among Mumbai victims

The Holzberg’s toddler son, Moshe, had been released earlier with his nanny is now with his grandparents.

The Chief Rabbi, Sir Jonathan Sacks, had earlier expressed in a letter to the High Commissioner of India, Mr Shiv Shankar Mukherjee , his support and condolences for the people of Mumbai. "There is no greater tragedy than innocent loss of life. We share your grief, your trauma, your tears," he said.

Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, of the Chabad-Lubavitch Movement in New York said: “In these attacks, terrorists targeted foreign nationals, underscoring the need for governments to work collectively to fight terrorism resolutely and effectively, so that the hands of those seeking to destroy life and disrupt peace will no longer reach their targets.”

In a joint statement, the six major faith communities in Birmingham, said they were “deeply shocked and saddened” by the attacks.
They added: “We unequivocally assert that such acts cannot find any measure of justification within any of our faith traditions. All our faiths are united in condemnation of indiscriminate slaughter.”

And an Inter Faith Network statement, members offered “prayers for those injured or bereaved” condemned terrorist violence; and “affirm the crucial importance of work to increase inter religious and inter community understanding in the UK as well as internationally”.