TERROR IN MUMBAI: Deadly terrorist attacks hit Indian city
Terrorist attacks on luxury hotels have left locals and tourists dead and injured in the Indian city of Mumbai.
Gunmen fired off rounds of ammunition and threw grenades at a number of locations around the city including the Taj Mahal hotel, the Oberoi hotel, a train station, a hospital and a restaurant.
It is unclear how many people have been affected but different reports put the number at 100 people killed and up to 250 injured.
Locals report the gunmen firing indiscriminately, killing at least ten people at Chatrapati Shivaii railway station.
A group of hostages held at the Taj Mahal were reportedly being released today.
One eye witness told the BBC: “All I saw was one man on foot carrying a machine gun type of weapon – which I then saw him firing from and I saw people hitting the floor, people right next to me.”
It is believed the attacks are the work of Muslim militants but some Hindu extremeists have also been picked up by police.
Ten locations in Mumbai were targeted by the gunmen.
The city’s chief anti-terrorist police officer was among those killed, local TV stations reported.
Ten people were killed and more than 30 people injured in gunfire at the main Chhatrapati Shivaji railway station.
Mumbai General Railway Police Commissioner A K Sharma was quoted as saying that several men armed with AK-47 rifles had stormed into the passenger hall of the railway station shortly after 22.30 local time and opened fire and thrown grenades.
As dawn broke over Mumbai, heavily-armed soldiers surrounded both the Taj and Oberoi hotels.
By Dinah Hatch and Ian Jarrett
Dinah
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