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In pictures: Mumbai under fire
Attackers have hit several targets in the Indian city of Mumbai, including the landmark Taj Mahal hotel [AFP]
Published On 27 Nov 2008
27 Nov 2008
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The attacks left scores of people dead and hundreds injured [Reuters]
Armed attackers carried out the series of strikes across the city. This image taken from NDTV shows a man carrying an automatic rifle entering a train station that was attacked [AFP]
The attacks have left people grieving and in shock [Reuters]
Foreigners appeared to be targeted and witnesses said those with US and British passports were singled out to be held [EPA]
Guests and employees were seen climbing down curtains to escape from the Taj Mahal hotel [AFP]
Scenes of carnage could be seen across the city, including at the Chattrapati Shivaji Railway terminus [AFP]
Witnesses said the attackers fired indiscriminately [Reuters]
A little known group calling itself the Deccan Mujahedeen claimed responsibility for the attack [Reuters]
At least 100 people were killed across Mumbai, before some hostages held in the Taj Mahal and Trident Oberoi hotels were rescued [AFP]
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]
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]
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]
Police said at least six foreigners were killed in the attacks, which were claimed by a little-known group calling itself the "Deccan Mujahidin" [Reuters]