CANBERRA, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said on Friday his government was gearing up for another "very difficult" day amid the terrorist violence in India, with concerns that Australians are still held hostage.
"This terrorist incident is still unfolding in parts of Mumbai and therefore we are getting ready for a very difficult day ahead," Rudd told the Nine Network on Friday morning.
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A fire breaks out of the dome of the Taj hotel in Mumbai, India, Nov. 27, 2008. All hostages at Taj Hotel 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. (Xinhua Photo)
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Rudd said he had spoken to the Australian high commissioner in Mumbai and understood that the situation was "still tense on the ground".
The prime minister said the efforts of the Australian authorities to help the kidnapped Australians were always there.
"Our authorities on the ground together with our authorities elsewhere are doing everything physically possible to assist people in difficult circumstances," he said.
Foreign Minister Stephen Smith has confirmed that up to 26 Australians are believed to be trapped in Mumbai's Taj Mahal and Oberoi/Trident hotels, which were attacked by armed Islamic militants late on Wednesday night.
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
