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| Second Indian victim identified | Second Indian victim identified |
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| An Indian student reported missing after a massacre at a US university is among 33 people killed, her family and officials have confirmed. | 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. |
| "The body of Ms Panchal has been positively identified by her mother," India's foreign ministry said. | "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 professor born in southern India was also killed at the university. | She is the second Indian to die. A professor born in southern India was also killed at the university. |
| Officials have named 23-year-old South Korean student Cho Seung-hui as the gunman. He shot at least 30 others dead, then himself, officials say. | |
| 'Sorrow' | 'Sorrow' |
| Ms Panchal, 26, had a degree in architecture from Rizvi College in Mumbai and left India last year for the US. | Ms Panchal, 26, had a degree in architecture from Rizvi College in Mumbai and left India last year for the US. |
| 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. | 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. |
| "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 Indian embassy official in Washington 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. | 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. | 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." | "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. | 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. | 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". | 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." | "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 | Teacher shot |
| Professor GV Loganathan, from India's Tamil Nadu state, was teaching when the gunman went on the rampage. | Professor GV Loganathan, from India's Tamil Nadu state, was teaching when the gunman went on the rampage. |
| Prof Loganathan had spent years at Virginia Tech | 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. |