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26/11/2008 will go down as one of the darkest days in the history of
Mumbai and India. Life in the country%u2019s financial capital

remains paralysed as terrorists hold the city under siege. In a heinous
terror attack that the country has seen in recent times, Mumbai came
under an unprecedented night attack.
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Terrorists equipped with heavy machine guns, including AK-47s and

grenades to strike at the city's most high-profile targets- the
Chhattrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) rail terminus; the landmark Taj
Hotel at the Gateway and the luxury Oberoi Trident at Nariman Point;
killing at least 101 and sending hundreds of injured to hospital.
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The attacks have also taken a tragic toll on the city's top police brass:
The high-profile chief of the Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) Hemant Karkare
was killed
By midnight, the city was shaken. Mobile networks got jammed as
anxious relatives made frantic calls, SMSes. The police were asking
people not to venture out and stay home. The Army and the NSG had
been called out to lend a helping hand to Mumbai Police. By Thursday
morning, the Navy had also been sounded out. For Mumbai and the
rest of India, the nightmare had just begun as the Army, Navy and the
police trooped in to rescue the hostages.
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It was a regular Wednesday evening for this popular watering hole in

Colaba in south Mumbai which is frequented by a lot of foreign
tourists. At 2130 hrs IST, three gunmen opened fire at the guests
inside Café Leopold.
In minutes, the music was replaced by gunshots. The century-old joint
was riddled with bullet holes. Blood stains on the floor and shoes of
fleeing customers reminded of an evening gone awry.
Next on the list was the city’s heritage hotel The Taj Mahal Hotel and
Tower Palace. Terrorists opened indiscriminate fire at police and
paramilitary forces outside the hotel between 2215 hrs IST and 2230
hrs IST.
Around 200 guests were holed up inside a hall as they were advised by
the hotel staff not to go out because of the attack by terrorists. At the
time of writing this, terrorists are still holed up in the hotel’s lobby
even as the NSG commandos make their way to evacuate the stranded
hostages and capture the terrorists.
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Minutes later, bullets were fired near Oberoi Hotel, now rechristened
as Hotel Trident. The majestic five-star hotel is barely a kilometre
away from the Taj.
At 2233 hrs IST, another of Mumbai’s landmarks, the Chhatrapati
Shivaji Terminus (CST) Station came under attack. A couple of
terrorists entered the passenger hall of the crowded CST railway
station and opened fire. They also threw a grenade killing three
persons.
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Eyewitnesses recalled that terrorists entered the CST building from

outside the reservation counter and opened fire indiscriminately. Two
explosions also went off outside the CST and eyewitnesses reported
they heard gunshots outside the railway station building.
Later in the night, two bomb blasts, one in Vile Parle, a residential
suburb in north Mumbai, and another in Mazegaon, also injured an
unspecified number of people. Five people were killed in a bomb blast
targeting a taxi in Vile Parle.
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topic=116940.0#ixzz1DqEJQq7hSouth Mumbai, which is one of the most
affluent areas of the country, is home to Mumbai's rich and famous as well. Plush
hotels like the Taj and Oberoi which are frequented by a lot of foreign tourists were
targeted, the intent clearly being to create fear psychosis and denting India’s image
equity
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Initial theories suggest that the terrorist came by sea. An Indian Navy
ship on Thursday gave a chase through high seas to intercept a
merchant vessel that is suspected to have brought ten of them to
Mumbai. The Indian Coast Guard had also deployed two fast patrol
vessels and two aircraft to look for a merchant vessel.
topic=116940.0#ixzz1DqEfPVVWThe little-known Deccan Mujahideen
group has claimed responsibility for the coordinated terror attacks
which have left the security agencies baffled. In the camera shots, a
suspected terrorist involved in the gruesome shootout ever to be
undertaken by terrorists, the AK-47 wielding youth comes across as an
average youngster.
One of the terrorists, who identified himself as Imran Babar, called up

a TV news channel and said they wanted to have talks with the
government for exchange of the hostages.
Mumbai's additional commissioner of police (east) Ashok Kamte was
gunned down outside the Metro; and celebrated encounter specialist
Vijay Salaskar was also killed. Kamte was later cremated in Pune.
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26/11/2008 will go down as one of the darkest days in the history of

Mumbai and India. Life in the country%u2019s financial capital

Terrorists equipped with heavy machine guns, including AK-47s and

It was a regular Wednesday evening for this popular watering hole in

Eyewitnesses recalled that terrorists entered the CST building from

One of the terrorists, who identified himself as Imran Babar, called up

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