For many in Mumbai—and in fact, all over India—November 27, 2008, will be remembered as a night without end. In several audacious terror attacks in India’s financial captial, Mumbai, at least 101 people have been killed and 287 injured.
UPDATE, November 28, 9:15 am EST: According to latest news reports in Indian media, Indian commandos are reported to have secured the Taj Mahal hotel and released all hostages held there. Hostages are still believed to be held at the Oberoi hotel and Nariman Point, where paramilitary troops are fighting pitched gun battles with militants. More explosions have been reported at the Oberoi.
In one of the attacks the Taj Mahal Hotel—one of India’s oldest, most prominent hotels and the namesake of one of the world’s most prized landmarks—was damaged by an explosion on its roof, followed by a fire.
Over 100 have been reported to have been taken hostage in the Oberoi hotel, and militants armed with guns and grenades were reported to hold the Charapathi Shivaji rail station. Both locations had been subject to terrorist violence just earlier in the night.
Audacious and Horrific Attacks
Terrorist violence is nothing new to Mumbai, where in July 11, 2006, over 175 people were killed in seven serial bomb blasts on suburban railways across the city.
