Chinese premier sends
condolences message over India terror attacks
MUMBAI, Nov. 28 (Xinhua)--The Indian National
Security Guard (NSG), which is engaged in a gun battle with the terrorists at
Taj hotel here, said Friday morning that just one terrorist was still hiding and
hoped to wrap up the flush-out operation at the Trident-Oberoi hotel and Nariman
House very soon.
"There is one terrorist in the Taj (hotel). He has
been injured and I think we will be able to mop up the operation there very
quickly," Director General of NSG J K Dutt said.
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One terrorist observe the army's
movement from a window in the Oberoi Hotel in Mumbai, India, Nov. 27,
2008. All hostages at Taj Hotel have been rescued, but there could still
be more trapped at Oberoi Hotel, who the Indian security forces were
trying to rescue. (Xinhua/Wang Ye)
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He said the injured terrorist has not yet been
captured but they "will be able to do so soon".
Dutt said two terrorists are holed up in the 8th floor of the Oberoi hotel
while in the Trident section the combing operation has been completed.
"As far as Trident is concerned, we have been able to
completely clean up and we do not have any report of any terrorist being holed
up over there.
"As far as Oberoi is concerned, yes, we have engaged
two terrorists on the 8th floor," he said.
He said that the operation to clean up the Nariman
House was still going on.
Meanwhile, two grenade blast were heard at Nariman
House in South Mumbai where terrorists are hiding as the commandos continued
their operation to flush out the terrorists.
PM: Mumbai attacks carried out by
group based outside India
MUMBAI, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- The attacks in Mumbai which killed more than 100
people were carried out by a group based in a foreign country, said Indian Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday.
"It is evident that the group which carried out these
attacks, based outside the country, had come with single-minded determination to
create havoc in the commercial capital of the country," Singh said.
Police: Hostages in Mumbai's Taj Hotel
rescued
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An Indian policeman escorts out a
survivor from the shooting site after an attack at the Chattrapati Shivaji
train station in Mumbai as blood stains the floor amid scattered
luggage.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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MUMBAI, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- All hostages at Taj Hotel here
have been rescued, but there could still be some people trapped at Trident Hotel
and Nariman House where operations were on to flush out militants, Maharashtra
police chief A N Roy said Thursday.
All people trapped in Taj Hotel in Mumbai were rescued and
there was no hostage-like situation there right now, said Director General of
Police (DGP) A N Roy.
Security tightened in Mumbai after
terror attacks
NEW DELHI, Nov. 27
(Xinhua) -- Security was tightened in Mumbai Thursday after the fierce terror
attacks, police said.
At least 800 army personnel have been deployed at
various locations in Mumbai.
Indian PM calls for emergency
meeting
NEW DELHI, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) --
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's election rally in the capital Thursday
was canceled following the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, the Indo-Asian News
Service reported.
He
has also called an emergency Cabinet meeting. Indian Home Minister
Shivraj Patil is back in Delhi from Mumbai for the meeting.
101 dead in terror attacks in
Mumbai
MUMBAI, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- At least 101 people have been
killed in the attacks by gunmen in Mumbai Wednesday night, police said on
Thursday.
"At least six foreigners have been killed and the death
figure has gone up to 101 now," Ramesh Tayde, a senior police officer, said from
Mumbai's control room.
100 people in hotels trapped in Mumbai
terror attacks
NEW DELHI, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- At least 100 people
are believed to be trapped and probably held hostage by terrorists in two
five-star hotels in Mumbai, the Taj Intercontinental and Trident (formerly
Oberoi) hotels, some of them are foreigners, the NDTV reported Thursday.
More than 100 people have been killed and hundreds
injured in a series of terrorist attacks in Mumbai at 10 places including
hotels, hospitals and train stations since Wednesday evening. Full story
