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Terror attacks in Mumbai; 80 dead, over 900 injured

Mumbai: In one of the most violent terror attacks on Indian soil, Mumbai came under an unprecedented night attack as terrorists used heavy
Terror attacks in Mumbai

machine guns, including AK-47s, and grenades to strike at the city's most high-profile targets -- the hyper-busy CST (formerly VT) rail terminus; the landmark Taj Hotel at the Gateway and the luxury Oberoi Trident at Nariman Point; the domestic airport at Santa Cruz; the Cama and GT hospitals near CST; the Metro Adlabs multiplex and Mazgaon Dockyard -- killing at least 80 and sending more than 900 to hospital, according to latest reports. (

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The attacks have taken a tragic toll on the city's top police brass: The high-profile chief of the anti-terror squad Hemant Karkare was killed; Mumbai's additional commissioner of police (east) Ashok Kamte was gunned down outside the Metro; and celebrated encounter specialist Vijay Salaskar was also killed.

The attacks appeared to be aimed at getting international attention as the terrorists took upto 40 British nationals and other foreigners hostage. The chairman of Hindustan Unilever Harish Manwani and CEO of the company Nitin Paranjpe were among the guests trapped at the Oberoi. All the internal board members of the multinational giant were reported to be holed up in the Oberoi hotel.

Two terrorists were reported holed up inside the Oberoi Hotel and commando operation was on.

An unknown outfit, Deccan Mujahideen, has sent an email to news organizations claiming that it carried out the Mumbai attacks.

The Army and Navy in Mumbai were put on alert. 65 Army commandos and 200 NSG commandos were being rushed to Mumbai, Home Minister Shivraj Patil said.

Some media reports attributed the attack to Lashkar-e-Taiba. There were alsounconfirmed reports that some of the terrorists came in by sea. A boat laden with explosives was recovered later at night off the Gateway of India.

Well after midnight, sources said two of the terrorists were shot and wounded at Girgaum in south Mumbai. The two were driving in a commandeered silver-coloured Skoda car. Earlier, these men had sprayed bullets from a police Bolero, outside the Metro Adlabs multiplex.

The attacks occurred at the busiest places. Besides hotels and hospitals, terrorists struck at railway stations, Crawford Market, Wadi Bunder and on the Western Express Highway near the airport. Several of these places are within a one-km radius of the commissioner of police's office. "This is definitely a terrorist strike. Seven places have bee attacked with automatic weapons and grenades. Terrorists are still holed up in three locations Taj and Oberoi hotels and GT Hospital. Encounters are on at all three places," said Maharashtra DGP A N Roy.

St George's Hospital and G T Hospital were said to have received 75 bodies and more than 250 injured people, additional municipal commissioner R A Rajeev said. Bombay Hospital got two bodies and 30 injured people were admitted there; Cooper Hospital, Vile Parle, got three dismembered bodies.

Three of the deaths occurred inside the Taj and one G T Hospital attendant died in a shootout inside the hospital. There were reports of people cowering under tables and chairs at both the Taj as well as G T Hospital.

Metro Junction resident Manoj Goel said: "My brother, Manish, died in the firing at Colaba's Hamaal Galli."
Cops fired back at the men -- probably from one of the Lashkar groups, dressed in black and with backpacks and SRPF, Crime Branch, ATS and teams of military commandos were summoned to the spot. Train services at CST were suspended and all roads leading to and from south Mumbai were blockaded.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh cut short his Kerala visit and was returning to Mumbai. He described the situation in Mumbai as "very serious".

Deshmukh promised "stringent action" against the assailants but the mood across Mumbai was not so optimistic.

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There were reports of firing around several landmark buildings in the Colaba-Nariman Point area, including the Taj hotel, Oberoi and other
Terror attacks in Mumbai

tourist attractions and pubs like Leopold's. The top floor of Oberoi was said to be on fire amid reports of blasts in the area and blood-smeared bodies were being brought out of the Taj lobby.

Terrorists were said to be holed up at the Taj as well as G T Hospital and cops scampered to cordon off these places. A white flag was seen fluttering from an Oberoi Hotel window around 11.20 pm, where a blast was said to have occurred.

The blast on the Western Express Highway -- near Centaur Hotel outside the airport -- occurred in a taxi, deputy commissioner of police Nissar Tamboli said.

The firing and bombing started close to the Gateway of India. The gunbattle then moved on towards CST and raged on for over an hour from 10 pm, sending commuters running out of the station.

The assailants also fired into the crowd at CST and people on the trains and then ran out of the station themselves and into neighbouring buildings, including Cama Hospital, after being challenged by cops.

SRPF personnel then entered the iconic BMC building -- just opposite CST -- to take aim at the assailants, BMC commissioner Jairaj Phatak said. "We fear some of the assailants are still inside the station and we want to catch them if they come out,'' a police official said.

Vikhroli police station senior inspector Habib Ansari was on his way to work from his Colaba home when he saw two armed men, with sophisticated weaponry, trying to run into bylanes near the Gateway of India."I rushed back to Colaba and all policemen, including GRP and RPF personnel, were called up," he added.

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As a Pakistani Muslim, i condemn these attacks. and if it is done by Muslims , i will say that Islam don't allow this.

casper.shafaz · Crewman Joined: 23 Sep 2008 Posts: 37

yes 100% right.. In Islam, there is no violence or killing innocent people or Public Properties.... Even in Wars Islam strogly condems these things..

stranger29 · Nidokidos Fan Joined: 27 Nov 2008 Posts: 1

ye zaroori nahi hai k muslim hi hoon ho sakta hai k muslim ko badnaam
karne k liye bola gaya ho

shafiqawan · Nidokidos Fan Joined: 11 Nov 2008 Posts: 2

shafiqawan · Nidokidos Fan Joined: 11 Nov 2008 Posts: 2

Being a Muslim I really condemn this type of terrorism. The real Muslim never ever do this type of attacks in which the innocent people were killed.

Koi Muslim Is tarha ka kaam naheen ker sakta.

chandan1978 · Nidokidos Fan Joined: 27 Nov 2008 Posts: 1

PEOPLES WHO DID THIS ARE CRAZY...
THEY WILL ONLY KNOWS WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS EITHER HAPPEN WITH THEM OR WITH THERE FAMILY...
SITUATION LIKE THIS SHOULD NOT TOLLRATE MORE AND INDIA SHOULD TAKE A STRICT REACTION

sveetzara · V I P Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 9927 Location: US

admin u should not have said this...."if it is done by Muslims "... ofcourse they r not muslim... Admin i felt very bad after reading ur comment.... sorry to say that muslims like us r inviting other contries to suspect us... otherwise no1 can dare to blame us.... this is our own fault.... so sad....

sveetzara · V I P Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 9927 Location: US

and yes, who is responsible for the attacks in pakistan? who??????????? who???? who???? if inida is suffering then we r suffering too..... since 2000s..... who is responsible for us???????

ash2032 · Posted: November 28 2008 Post subject:

MUMBAI: The arrest of three Pakistani nationals hailing from Multan in connection with Mumbai siege has once again revealed the role of
Lashkar-e-Taiba in terror strikes in India after the Akshardham attack in 2002.

Police and central security personnel have arrested at least three Pakistanis including Ajmal Amir Kamal, a resident of Faridkot near Multan in Pakistan's Punjab province. All the three belong to the suicide squad of Lashkar-e-Taiba.

The militants had told interrogators that 12 of them had left in a merchant vessel from the port-city of Karachi, which was on its way to Vietnam, from which they got down and rowed 10 nautical miles into Indian waters upto Gateway of India.

The dozen people split into at least five groups that created havoc in five star hotels -- Taj and Trident (Oberoi). The terrorists were carrying dry fruits, suggesting they were prepared for a long-drawn battle.

The sources said the group was joined by some of the local contacts who provided them logistics like bags and dry fruits, the sources said, adding initial reports suggested that the terror group had come to the metropolis in the intervening night of Sunday and Monday.

However, new leads suggested that they had entered the Indian waters on early Wednesday morning, the sources said.

Rastha · Lieutenant Joined: 06 Nov 2008 Posts: 217

The killers defnetly will suffer what they did.
Killing civilians can not accept by any race relegion age or any sicknesses
What i can say is

WHO LET THE DOGS OUT!!!

sathika · Ensign Joined: 08 Nov 2008 Posts: 116 Location: Colombo

Hey what is the correct figures??? i heard 130 killed or some thing close to that.

Are there any kids also????

Zara is right.... Admin i know you are really worried about this by heart. as you are the person who post this images very first, if i,m not mistaken.
But you should not mentioned the Suspects.

Don't worry that was a mistake......i'm sure.