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RSSMumbai Terror Attacks – Full Breaking Report
Mumbai Terror Attacks – Full Breaking Report
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India has suffered a wave of bomb attacks in recent years. The November 26 attacks appear to be the deadliest attacks so far this year. [23] Mumbai, being the financial capital of India, has been the target of many of these attacks. The most recent Mumbai attacks started shortly before 10 p.m.[6], when two persons with automatic AK-47 rifles and hand grenades were seen holding up inside the CST station in Mumbai. There were incidents of firing in Colaba where a policeman was reported to be injured. Police seized a boat filled with arms and explosives anchored at Mazgaon dock off Mumbai harbor.
About 65 Army commandos and 200 National Security Guards (NSG) commandos were sent to Mumbai.[3] The army was reported to have stormed both the hotels to try and flush out the hostage takers.
A number of European Parliament Committee on International Trade delegates were staying in the Taj Mahal hotel when it was attacked.[25] British Conservative MEP Sajjad Karim (who was in the lobby when gunmen initially opened fire there) and German Socialist MEP, Erika Mann were last heard of hiding in different parts of the building. Also reported present was Spanish MEP Ignasi Guardans Cambó, who was barricaded in a hotel room. Another British Conservative MEP, Syed Kamall, reports that he along with several other MEPs left the hotel and went to a nearby restaurant shortly before the attack.[26] Kamill also reported that Polish MEP, Jan Masiel, was thought to have been sleeping in his hotel room when the attacks occurred and has not been heard from since.Kamil and Cambó report that a Hungarian MEP’s assistant has been shot.
Also caught up in the shooting were the President of Madrid, Esperanza Aguirre, while checking-in at the Oberoi Trident[28], and Indian MP, N. N. Krishnadas of Kerala, while having dinner at a restaurant in the Taj hotel.
The New York Times is reporting that terrorists are holding several hostages at Nariman House in Colaba believed to be owned by Chabad Lubavitch. Chabad Lubavitch also expressed concern that its representative in Mumbai, Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg, and his wife, Rivka Holtzberg, were missing. According to the Times of India, the Indian Jewish Federation reported that a rabbi and his family had been taken hostage at the Chabad house
A previously unknown organization identifying itself as the Deccan Mujahideen claimed responsibility by email sent to news organizations.[3] In September, the Indian Mujahideen warned of the attacks.[5] According to a witness, the gunmen were looking for American and British passport holders and left alone others, such as a man claiming to be Italian.[31] Some media reports have attributed these terrorist attacks to Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistan-based Islamic militant group.
Maharashtra state home secretary, Bipin Shrimali, has announced that the police have killed four gunmen when they attempted to flee in cars in two separate incidents, and state home minister, R. R. Patil, says nine suspects have also been arrested.
As a result of this incident, all schools, colleges and most offices, including the Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange will remain closed on 27th November 2008.
by wikipedia.com
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