Indian troops have reportedly stormed Mumbai's luxury Oberoi and Taj Mahal Palace hotels after coordinated terrorist attacks which left scores of people dead and Westerners taken hostage. At least 78 people have been killed and more than 200 injured after terrorists armed with automatic weapons and hand grenades carried out the attacks across India's financial capital this morning. Targets included the Oberoi and Taj hotels, the city's main Chhatrapati Shivaji railway station, the Cama hospital, and the Cafe Leopold, near the Taj Hotel and perhaps the most famous restaurant and hang-out for tourists in the city. This morning the Taj Hotel was on fire and explosions had been heard in both the hotels. Hostages were believed to still be inside. Indian TV showed people being rescued out of windows at the Taj, which was built in 1903. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/27/2430924.htm?section=world
SAM i was going to post about this too, if you or anyone else has friends or relitives there i hope they are ok
Seems like some kind of targeted attack. They are attacking popular tourist locations, asking for people with British and American passports. They are holding some westerners hostage and apparently are Arabic speaking? and maybe Nigerian or Somalis? but calling themselves the Deccan mujahideen All from the rumor mill 80 dead, over a 180 injured. The family [intimate and extended] is safe
Oh shit, they went into Cafe Leopold and started shooting randomly. Thats where the TIFR bunch hangs out. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Its such a cool place http://marsfoodblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/leopold-cafe-mumbai.html
They set the Taj hotel on fire :bawl: Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! We used to go there to hang out. It was built in 1903
No idea, I heard some witness accounts that they are foreigners [Nigerians or Somalians] who are looking for people with British or American passports "I guess they were after foreigners, because they were asking for British or American passports. They had bombs. They came from the restaurant and took us up the stairs. Young boys, maybe 20 years old, 25 years old. They had two guns."—Rakesh Patel, witness at the Taj hotel
Yeah me too. Can't imagine what it must have been like, in the cafe, station, hospital and the two hotels that were targeted. The only good thing is they started it at 10:30 pm on a work week which is when most people are indoors
