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Updated 11/30/2008 05:29 PM

Brooklyn Victims Of Mumbai Attacks To Be Buried

By: NY1 News

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A former Brooklyn rabbi and his wife who were killed during the terrorist assault on a Jewish Center in Mumbai, India are expected to be buried Monday.

A spokesman for Chabad-Lubavitch told the Associated Press the bodies of Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife Rivkah were being flown to Israel Sunday for burial.

Their young son Moshe was rescued from the center during the siege.

Mumbai Relief Effort

The Chabad-Lubavitch movement set up a fund to aid relief efforts in Mumbai. You can donate at www.chabad.org.

A call center for those concerned about family members in Mumbai can be reached at 1-888-407-4747.

Gavriel Holtzberg grew up in Crown Heights, Brooklyn and moved with his wife to Mumbai in 2003 to run the center.

At least three other people also died in the attack on the center, including Brooklyn native Rabbi Leibish Teitelbaum, who was working in Mumbai as a kosher food supervisor.

The U.S. Embassy says at least six Americans are among the dead.

Meanwhile, police in India said Sunday a militant group based in Pakistan is responsible for the deadly attacks in Mumbai that killed at least 174 people and wounded nearly 300.

A senior police official says the group Lashkar-e-Taiba was behind the attacks.

Local media already reported that a suspected attacker has admitted to being a part of the group which some believe was originally created by the Pakistani military.

Pakistani leaders insisted Sunday their country was not involved and are promising full cooperation in the investigation.

Also, India's home minister, who has become highly unpopular during a long series of terror attacks across India, resigned Sunday as the Indian government is being hit with accusations of security failures following the attacks.

India's prime minister called a rare meeting of leaders from the country's main political parties to discuss the situation Sunday.

Crews were still working throughout the day to remove bodies and debris from around Mumbai.

Commandos ended the siege Saturday by killing the last remaining gunmen holed up at the city's Taj Mahal hotel.

Gunmen attacked 10 sites across the city Wednesday night. In all, nine attackers were killed and one was captured.