EU External Relations Commissioner Chris Patten has condemned the "appalling" weekend massacre of 24 Hindus in India's Muslim-majority state of Kashmir.
The European Commission said Mr Patten had written to Indian Foreign Minister Yashwant Sinha to express his condolences.
"This was an appalling act of terrorist violence that the European Commission condemns without reservation," Mr Patten said in a statement.
It said he "stressed that the European Union and India stand side by side in their common fight against terrorism, and even more so after such an atrocity."
Mr Sinha this evening laid the blame for Sunday's massacre of the Hindu villagers on India's arch-rival Pakistan.
Unidentified gunmen late Sunday herded the Hindus from their homes in Nadi Marg village in northern Kashmir, lined them up and sprayed them with automatic gunfire. Among the dead were 11 women and two children.
AFP