At least 100 people were killed across Mumbai, altough some hostages fled or were rescued from two hotels [AFP]
Published On 27 Nov 200827 Nov 2008
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Mumbai is India's financial centre and was unprepared for the attack. A sense of shock prevailed in the city after the series of strikes at a restaurant, railway terminal and hotels [AFP]
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Fires, supposedly started by grenade attacks, at the historic Taj Mahal Hotel continued into Thursday [AFP]
Gunshots from the hotels persisted on Thursday, with media workers taking cover [AFP]
Hundreds of Indian soldiers took up positions to combat the gunmen, thought to number up to 100 [AFP]
Schools were shut in the Maharashtra state, of which Mumbai is the capital, and an English cricket tour in the country was cancelled [AFP]
Blasts were heard from the hotels during the day [AFP]
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Mumbai's typically crowded streets were quiet early on Thursday, but some of the hostages' relatives waited near the scenes of the attacks for news [AFP]
