A sustained assault by Indian troops ended a three-day siege at Mumbai's Taj Mahal hotel on Saturday [AFP]
Published On 29 Nov 200829 Nov 2008
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Hundreds of people were being held hostage at the Taj Mahal hotel by gunmen who attacked multiple locations in the city on Wednesday, leaving at least 180 people dead [AFP]
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The last remaining gunman was killed on Saturday and the Indian commandos took control of the building [AFP]
Security forces are now combing the battered hotel for both survivors and clues [AFP]
The audacious attacks have left Indians dazed [AFP]
Commandos battled the attackers for three days at the Taj hotel [AFP]
Bodies lay strewn inside the Taj hotel after the fighting was over [AFP]
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A fire raged at the Taj hotel after the siege had ended [AFP]
Indian firefighters quickly moved in to entinguish the fire on Saturday morning [AFP]
Troops had to fight long and hard to end the siege [AFP]
There was relief at the end and a commando took time off to feed pigeons outside the Taj Mahal hotel [AFP]
Elsewhere, friends and families cremated their dead. Haresh Gohil, 16, was killed near a Jewish community centre [AFP]
A state funeral was held for Hemant Karkare, the chief of Mumbai's Anti-Terrorist Squad, who was killed in the early hours of the attack [AFP]
In ending the siege at three different locations, security forces suffered losses. At least 20 of them were killed [AFP]
Many were lucky. A Turkish couple, held hostage for nearly twenty-four hours, walked free from the Trident Oberoi hotel [AFP]
Mumbai's ordeal is over. But the city cannot afford to lower its vigil for now [AFP]
