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An Indian student reported missing after a massacre at a US university is among 33 people killed, the Indian embassy in Washington says. An Indian student reported missing after a massacre at a US university is among 33 people killed, her family and officials have confirmed.
Minal Panchal from Mumbai (Bombay) was in her first year of a masters degree at Virginia Tech university.Minal Panchal from Mumbai (Bombay) was in her first year of a masters degree at Virginia Tech university.
A senior official said the embassy had learnt with great sorrow that she was among the victims. "The body of Ms Panchal has been positively identified by her mother," India's foreign ministry said.
She is the second Indian to die. A Tamil Nadu-born professor at the university was also killed.She is the second Indian to die. A Tamil Nadu-born professor at the university was also killed.
University officials have named 23-year-old South Korean student Cho Seung-hui as the gunman. He shot 32 others dead, then himself, officials say.University officials have named 23-year-old South Korean student Cho Seung-hui as the gunman. He shot 32 others dead, then himself, officials say.
'Sorrow''Sorrow'
Ms Panchal, 26, had a degree in architecture from Rizvi College in Mumbai. Ms Panchal, 26, had a degree in architecture from Rizvi College in Mumbai and left India last year for the US.
Prof Loganathan had spent years at Virginia Tech What I remember of her is that she was very polite and always respectful of elders Shobhna Bhiwandikar, neighbour Her friends had reported being unable to contact her after Monday's shootings.
Her friends had reported being unable to contact her after the shootings. "The embassy has learnt with great sorrow that, apart from the Indian American Professor GV Loganathan, a first-year student Minal Panchal is also among the victims," a senior Indian embassy official in Washington told the Press Trust of India.
"The embassy has learnt with great sorrow that, apart from the Indian American Professor GV Loganathan, a first-year student Minal Panchal is also among the victims," a senior embassy official told the Press Trust of India.
India's CNN-IBN channel said she was in Norris Hall engineering building where the gunman killed all but two of his victims.India's CNN-IBN channel said she was in Norris Hall engineering building where the gunman killed all but two of his victims.
Neighbours of the Panchal family in Mumbai remember the younger of the family's two daughters as well-mannered, polite and intelligent.
One, Shobhna Bhiwandikar, told the BBC: "We were very shocked when we heard the news [she was missing] yesterday and were praying since then that she is found. But this morning, we got the terrible news.
"We've known the family for 15-16 years now and she was very sweet, brilliant."
Ms Panchal's mother had travelled to the US earlier this year to be with her daughters, the elder of whom has settled in New Jersey.
Friends of the family said the younger Ms Panchal's career ideas were inspired by her father, an architect who died four years ago.
Prof Pradnya Chauhan, who knew Ms Panchal as a college student, told the BBC her death was a "great loss".
"Minal was a very shy person but also very sensitive. I knew her intimately... She was absolutely on the dot, very intense, very creative."
Teacher shot
Professor GV Loganathan was teaching when the gunman went on the rampage.Professor GV Loganathan was teaching when the gunman went on the rampage.
Prof Loganathan had spent years at Virginia Tech
He joined Virginia Tech in the late 1970s and had remained there ever since, working in the department of civil and environmental engineering.He joined Virginia Tech in the late 1970s and had remained there ever since, working in the department of civil and environmental engineering.
Indian officials are liaising with Indian students at the university following the tragedy.Indian officials are liaising with Indian students at the university following the tragedy.
"We are in touch with our embassy [in Washington]. Our consular offices are in touch with the dean of students and also with the Indian Students' Association," Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Navtej Sarna said on Tuesday."We are in touch with our embassy [in Washington]. Our consular offices are in touch with the dean of students and also with the Indian Students' Association," Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Navtej Sarna said on Tuesday.
The university's Indian Students Association says it has about 700 members, making it the largest foreign body on campus.The university's Indian Students Association says it has about 700 members, making it the largest foreign body on campus.