Earlier it was reported that two Indians were killed in the incident on Monday but Indian authorities confirmed that an Indian from Karnataka's port city of Mangalore was killed and the other victim was a Nepali man whose wife was Indian, hailing from Lucknow.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who is on a four-day visit to attend the BRICS Summit, on Monday had received a letter here from French President Francois Hollande, who expressed regret for the tragic incident in which a Nepali, an Indian were killed and six other Indians were injured when French troops opened fire.
Hollande also called Singh yesterday and expressed regret over the incident.
Indian officials from neighbouring African countries will be sent to the troubled Central African Republic to bring back the body of the Indian killed in the firing, Ministry of External Affairs sources said here.
There were about 95 Indians in the Central African Republic, that has been overrun by rebels. The Indians are safe in the country, the sources said.
Six injured in the incident were in a stable condition and safe, they added.
French troops, were guarding the airport, when the incident took place. Around 300 French soldiers were dispatched to the Central African Republic over the weekend to reinforce troops already present in the capital Bangui, which was seized by rebels on Sunday.
French defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has told his Indian counterpart A K Antony that France is conducting a high-level inquiry into the incident.
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