Mumbai India hit with terrorist attacks
A series of coordinated terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India have killed at least 80 people and injured at least 250.
The attacks occurred Wednesday evening local time at seven locations including a major railway station and two luxury hotels, the Taj Mahal hotel and Oberoi hotel.
Hostages are believed to be being held at the hotels and mixed reports state that Police may be storming one location (as at 1:30pm PST/ 8:30am AEDT). Other reports state that terrorists are locked into gun battles with police.
Foreign expats and tourists are among those believed to be being held hostage, including American, UK and possibly Australian passport holders. Foreign nationals are said by another report to have been specifically targeted, with an unconfirmed report that terrorists at the Taj hotel were seeking guests with British or American passports.
Terrorist attacks have risen in India over the last two years, but Mumbai has been mostly immune from the attacks, beside an attack in 2006 targeting the local rail system that killed 200. As well as being India’s financial capital, Mumbai (previously known as Bombay) is a large center for tech outsourcing firms.
More when we have it.
Update: reported dead include Mumbai’s chief of the Anti Terror Squad Hemant Karkare and Mumbai Police “encounter specialist” Vijay Salaskar.
Tags : bombay attacks, Hemant Karkare, india attacks, mumbai, mumbai attacks, Vijay Salaskar
Posted: November 26, 2008
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Nov 26, 2008
I am sooo sad to hear about this and this event has changed the way I look at religion. Being a moderate Hindu I was all for dialogue and peaceful co-existence with the muslims. But now I have changed, all the cutlets should hanged. I feel like joining a hindu militant group to wreck havoc on the muslims. An eye for an eye and I dont care if the whole world goes blind. I dont wanna be blind first, might as well make the enemies blind. I don't think Islam is a peaceful religion. It breeds terrorism in madrassas and I strongly feel this religion should be wiped of the face of the earth. Its time for Islamocaust……………Join me my hindu brothers in pumping money to hindu militant groups fighting to eradicate the disease called ISLAM
Nov 26, 2008
This is one of the worst moments to face. Just keeping the fingers crossed to see all the people safe in the hotels.
Nov 26, 2008
Mumbai India hit with terrorist attacks ,so Durty News for India.
Nov 27, 2008
An another havoc in the world history. A foolish step by some stupids who really destroyed the theme of religion and destroyed the peace of the society.Lets wipe out the poisonous attitude of selish ego and build an attitude of “UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD” and feeling of “GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP”.And lets join the hands together to stop this destruction every where in the world because as a human being its a simple desire of every to live. so “LETS LIVE AND LET LIVE”
Nov 27, 2008
Think in a broadsense my dear brother,such feeling is not ours.
Nov 29, 2008
This is foolish behavior…
Why don't you just realize that you're creating violence and not peace..
yes we require to deal with the terrorists but all muslims are not terrorists.. so would you hit innocent people like the terrorists did???????? would you accept if someone did that to your family members?? c'mon, open your eyes and see.. what the terrorists want???
They just wish to create fights between hindus and muslims here by creating terror so they can overpower us and rule over us.. and you're just creating what they want??? how can you be so ??
You want to be a terrorists? that is an ugly thought???
Jan 20, 2009
When i read this article first i silent for a moment but i appreciate that from all the people even someone put his step ahead to write upon the terrorism. I never ever forget that day i depressed when i heard that news that 300 people injured, 1oo killed among those killed were 11 police officers, including the chief of Mumbai's anti-terrorism squad.Who pays for their lives .