Terror in Mumbai
(PTI Photo) 80 dead, over 250 injured… so far.
Hostages taken, sounds like westerners.
Has there ever been an attack with this many targets?
MUMBAI: Terror struck the country’s financial capital late on Wednesday night as coordinated explosions and indiscriminate firing rocked eight areas across Mumbai including the crowded CST railway station, two five star hotels—Oberoi and Taj.
At least 80 people were dead and 250 injured in the terror attacks, hospital sources said.
Armed with AK-47 rifles and grenades, a couple of terrorists entered the passenger hall of CST and opened fire and threw grenades.
The terror strike which began at 10:33 PM at Chhatrapathi Shivaji Terminus(CST), formerly known as the Victoria Terminus(VT), claimed 10 lives in the premises of the station alone, police said.
Three persons were killed in a bomb explosion in a taxi on Mazegaon dockyard road and an equal number were gunned down at Taj Hotel. The victims in the hotel were its employees. The lobby of the Oberoi hotel was on fire and the hotel evacuated, eyewitnesses said…
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