At least 78 persons have been killed and 250 have been wounded in a series of coordinated terrorist attacks in India's financial capital Mumbai, CNN reported.
The attackers have also taken over two luxury hotels - the Taj Mahal and the Oberoi - where they are holding dozens of hostages on multiple floors.
The two five star hotels have also been hit by large explosions, and their lobbies are in flames.
The gunmen, who were armed with machine guns and grenades, attacked in coordination the two hotels, a cafГ©, a train station, among others - a total of nine sites.
They were trying to find persons with US or UK passports, according to witnesses.
According to the BTA, 15 hostages are being held in the Oberoi Hotel, including seven US and Israeli citizens.
Among the dead is the head of the Maharashtra state's anti-terror squad, who was most likely killed in the aftermath of the attacks.
The army forces have entered both hotels. Two terrorists have been shot, and nine have been detained; five policemen have also been killed, the CNN reported.
The unknown group "The Deccan Mujahideen" has claimed responsibility for the Mumbai attacks in an email it sent to news agencies, Indian TV channels reported early Thursday.
The UK Foreign Office warned all British citizens in Mumbai not to leave their homes, and declared they were facing the threats of terrorist attacks all over India.
The US State Department announced that the attacks mostly likely were aimed at foreign tourists. According to its spokesman Robert Wood, there was no information of dead or injured US citizens.
Both the US and the UK condemned the attacks and vowed to continue to cooperate with the Indian authorities on anti-terrorist measures.
Expect further details.
Author: FIGMENT, 27 Nov 2008 15:50:54
Terrorist Attacks Kill Dozens in India's Financial Capital Mumbai
Bubo,
Your friends the "freedom fighters" are at it again in Mumbai. These murderers were looking for Americans and Brits to take as hostages. All I have to say is that thanks to President Bush's increased homeland security measures these attacks are not taking place on US soil. Thank you, President Bush, we are grateful.
Author: buachaill bo, 27 Nov 2008 15:54:46
Terrorist Attacks Kill Dozens in India's Financial Capital Mumbai
Figment,
Pathetic response but predictable from you.Yes thanks to Bush all yanks and brits are in a war,is that not what you and your ilk love?Imagine travelling with them passports now.
Author: FIGMENT, 27 Nov 2008 16:04:16
Terrorist Attacks Kill Dozens in India's Financial Capital Mumbai
Bubo,
I don't travel where the natives are not friendly. I only travel to places where the people love Americans. Bulgaria, for example. I feel the love in Bulgaria.
Author: FIGMENT, 27 Nov 2008 16:07:41
Terrorist Attacks Kill Dozens in India's Financial Capital Mumbai
Bubo,
Instead of commenting nonsense to my post, why don't you comment on what your friends the "freedom fighters" are doing in India? How many women and children have been killed and wonded? Where is your compassion now? Or is murder OK as long as it is terrorists who are perpetrating it and not US troops?
Author: buachaill bo, 27 Nov 2008 19:29:00
Terrorist Attacks Kill Dozens in India's Financial Capital Mumbai
Figment,
Please relax and try and comprehend the simple fact that i abhor both sides and their is no good side,both are evil.
Author: Bill, 27 Nov 2008 19:30:39
Terrorist Attacks Kill Dozens in India's Financial Capital Mumbai
Bo:
Seen from my prspective, what you don't abhor is minute compared with what you do.
Author: buachaill bo, 27 Nov 2008 19:48:59
Terrorist Attacks Kill Dozens in India's Financial Capital Mumbai
I am not into debating which side is the worst and kills the most women and children etc,as i said i abhor both sides.
Author: L16toDE13viaDT7_DT1_TQ1andPO35, 27 Nov 2008 19:58:20
Terrorist Attacks Kill Dozens in India's Financial Capital Mumbai
Bo Brady,
At least our soldiers (English and American) have a shred of decency in them unlike those militant Islamists. You should thank the English-speaking world from the bottom of your heart for safeguarding democracy and justice!
We are not entirely perfect (who the fudge is???) but the Iraqis would have been enduring far more bloodshed now had Saddam not been deposed!
Author: buachaill bo, 27 Nov 2008 20:00:35
Terrorist Attacks Kill Dozens in India's Financial Capital Mumbai
Bloke,
What a load of rubbish.
Author: L16toDE13viaDT7_DT1_TQ1andPO35, 27 Nov 2008 20:05:10
Terrorist Attacks Kill Dozens in India's Financial Capital Mumbai
Bo Brady,
What's going on in Bombay now is ever so typical of the bigoted, violent Islamist factions. They have forever presented themselves as faceless cowards hell-bent on tormenting innocent civilians.
At least the attack on Pearl Harbour by Imperialist Japan was an attack on a military base and the enemy did not have any qualms about revealing their identity. I almost blew a gasket when some commentators compared 9/11 to Pearl Harbour. What an idiotic comparison indeed!
What is happening in those luxury hotels in India's financial and cultural centre? Just a bunch of rogues terrorising English and American holidaymakers who pay a gazillion quid and greenbacks into that country's economy. Imagine the outcry if we went into all those flats in Blighty that are occupied by Pollack immigrant riffraff and held them hostage? Where would it all end?
Author: mavro from australia, 29 Nov 2008 04:52:06
Terrorist Attacks Kill Dozens in India's Financial Capital Mumbai
If it wasn't for Pakistan having the bomb India would just say enough is enough and blow the Pakis up to smitherenes.
Question is how much more will India put up with?
Author: buachaill bo, 1 Dec 2008 11:58:03
Terrorist Attacks Kill Dozens in India's Financial Capital Mumbai
Why the deafening silence regarding the identities of those involved?If its true that Brits were involved then the UK will have to be invaded and the islamists bases there bombed.
Author: FIGMENT, 1 Dec 2008 13:51:49
Terrorist Attacks Kill Dozens in India's Financial Capital Mumbai
Bubo,
Don't get your knickers in a twist, Brits were not involved, just some greasy Pakis with British passports, possibly even born in GB but remaining greasy Pakis. Now if India invaded Pakistan and crushed it like the vermin that it is, I would fully understand. As far as I am concerned, Pakistan is a rogue nation in the "axis of evil". The whole middle east should be nuked, all Muslims should be ethnically cleansed off the face of the earth. They are all ugly, stupid, racist human garbage.
Author: buachaill bo, 1 Dec 2008 14:47:54
Terrorist Attacks Kill Dozens in India's Financial Capital Mumbai
Figgy,
These are pure Brits,born and bred and educated there unlike yourself as a immigrant,anyway if the facts are true then the uk authorities have been harboring these terrorists and allowing the terrorist camps there to flourish so the yanks have no alternative but to invade.Just look at the names of the english cricket teams.
Author: FIGMENT, 1 Dec 2008 14:52:55
Terrorist Attacks Kill Dozens in India's Financial Capital Mumbai
Bubo,
Take a look at their mug shots and you will see they are not Brits but greasy Pakis, regardless of where they were born or educated. Blood will tell. I don't understand how someone as ignorant as you is able to live. You probably suck at life, you loser!
