Terror struck the country's financial capital late on 26th November as coordinate serial explosions and indiscriminate firing rocked eight areas across Mumbai including the crowded CST railway station, two five star hotels--Oberoi and Taj-- leaving over 100 persons dead and 300 injured.
As the injured were taken to hospital, an explosion was heard inside the Oberoi Hotel. Hundreds of hostages are said to remain inside the hotel buildings.
Operations to free those inside continued throughout the night. Many clung onto curtains and clambered to safety.
The attacks were condemned by the UK and US governments, whose citizens were apparently targeted by the gunmen. As day broke in India's financial capital the flames were brought under control at the Taj Mahal Palace, although the hostage drama was far from over across Mumbai.
A fishing trawler that went missing on November 14 may have carried the terrorists to Colaba coast to hold Mumbai hostage on November 26
"This is slightly complicated operation and our job is to ensure safety of people trapped inside. We are moving in floor by floor and ensuring that nobody is inside the rooms. Some rooms are locked from inside which we are asking them to vacate. There are dead bodies and injured on the floors. We are sending them to hospital," Dutt said.
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