Friday, November 28, 2008
Mumbai Terror-Islamic Terrorists Attack Hospital Hotel Train station and Cinema Hall -India Mumbai
Mumbai Terror-Islamic Terrorists Attack Hospital Hotel Train station and Cinema Hall -India Mumbai
mumbai attacks
Operations on: In the wake of overnight terror attacks, security forces on Thursday launched a major counter-offensive against the militants holed up in various installations across the city.
Ground zero: Three fresh explosions happened at the Taj hotel and fire is raging at two places in the hotel. Rescue operations are still on.
Out for rescue: Rescue operations are still on at Taj hotel Mumbai. One terrorist has been caught alive from the Trident hotel by the commandos, reports say.
Rescue operations on: More than 100 people have been killed, including nine foreigners and at least 287 injured in a series of well-coordinated terrorist attacks in Mumbai.
Under seige: Terrorists, who apparently came in by boats, struck at 10 places in south Mumbai including five-star hotels, hospitals and train stations.
Taj Hotel attack
The terror sight: Around 10-12 terrorists are still holed up in Trident hotel and have taken many hostage. Some of them are Israeli and Canadian nationals. (NDTV)
Explosion at Taj: Fire billowing out of the Taj hotel after fresh explosion in the hotel in Mumbai on Thursday, November 27. More than 100 people have been killed, including nine foreigners and at least 287 injured in a series of well-coordinated terrorist attacks. (NDTV)
Crisis deepens: There have been loud explosions at Taj hotel and it seems the crisis is not over yet but the police say the hostage situation at the hotel has ended. (NDTV)
Fire billowing out: Three fresh explosions have been reported at the Taj hotel in Mumbai and rescue operations are on. (NDTV)
Trident burns: Militants have opened fire on the eighth floor of the Trident hotel in Mumbai, which is still under their siege.(NDTV)
Terror at Taj: How it happened
Army, Marine Commandos (MARCOS) and National Security Guard (NSG) commandos are involved in a fierce encounter with a group of terrorists inside the Taj. It all began on Wednesday night:
11 pm: Firing around Colaba, terrorists arrive inside Taj hotel, Gateway of India.
12 midnight: Firing of hand grenades inside Taj Hotel,police gheraos the hotel, ready to shoot on order, area cordoned off.
1 am: Massive blast inside the central dome of the Taj Palace hotel, flames around the structure, smoke cloud lift up to the sky, two rounds of hand grenades.
2 am: One round of hand grenade thrown outside the window from Taj's heritage wing to the park infront of the Gateway; police ready to fire and enter in big numbers inside the hotel.
2:30 am: Army deployed, two trucks full arrive and enter hotel lobby and outside. Media asked to move back by 100 metres. Fire spreads across top floor of Taj heritage wing.
2:45 am: Some people exit from kitchen fire exit and are taken from the new wing of Taj to the back exit to leave, guided by police.
3:00 am: Fire engines arrive, police sirens go off. Shooting and gunfiring heard inside lobby and heritage building. Fire spreads quickly to the left dome of the hotel, engulfs entire column in flames.
3:30 am: People scream from inside the heritage building as fire spreads. People seen at windows howling for help. Fire engines start rescue, try putting out fire on top floor with water sprays.
3:45 am: Fire engine ladders pull out people from windows while simultaneously trying to get the fire doused. People are slowly brought down as firemen run with search torches, break windows to pull people out.
4:00 am: Men, women climb down, howling as they are rescued. Most of them say they were told to stay in their rooms. Some of them had seen the terrorists shooting around. Most of them come down shocked by smoke and firing. Ambulances take them to nearby hospitals.
4:30 am: Another bout of big firing inside hotel. Action shifts from left heritage site where the fire continues to spread quickly to middle of the hotel as terrorists run from the centre dome to the new tower.
5 am: Solid rounds of firing, police step up heat with commandos and bomb squads arriving. Public told to move away. Fire engines continue rescue as people are brought down. Fire flames right again, both central and left dome in fire again.
5:30 am: Fire appears under control, but terrorists holed up in new tower in the exclusive club of Taj called Chambers. 100-150 locked in there, most influential corporates, businessman, policy makers at the venue. People kept hostage.
6:00 am: Police, navy, army forces take control and say they are ready for encounter. Firing across the building. Windows are broken. Personnel gherao Gateway and top floors of Taj with sniper guns.
7:00 am: Policemen spread across the floor on the ground of the Gateway of India. Another round of firing.
8:00 am: People are brought out to the lobby, some people told to duck down behind scaffolding as a new round of firing takes place between terrorists and the police outside the main porch.
8:30 am: Another 50 people are brought out of the Taj club called Chambers and taken slowly by the police in Best buses, to evacuate them.
9 am: More rounds of firing, many more people stuck inside.
10 am: Police almost finishes encounter, until one more round of firing happens.
11 am: Many people are taken on stretchers outside in critical care vans, some alive, some injured and some dead.
6:00 pm: Three fresh explosions have been reported at the Taj hotel in Mumbai on Thursday and rescue operations are on.
7:00 pm: Fire flared up at hotel Taj mahal Palace for the third time, with huge flames leaping up from the roof of the heritage old wing of the building.
7:20 pm: Police says one terrorist alive inside Taj and firing at commandos.
Terror strikes Oberoi-Trident: Sequence of events
Mumbai's posh five star luxuryhotell Oberoi-Trident is one of the places that has been under the attack of the terrorists for more than thirty-five hours. Here are the set of events in the Oberoi-Trident hotel since Wednesday night.
On November 27, at around 9:35 pm, Oberoi-Trident hotel came under attack when terrorists stormed the hotel.
Till mid night, unknown number of people still trapped inside the hotel. Sources initially confirmed gunmen inside but were not sure about the numbers. The operation to flush out terrorists continued till November 28 morning.
The GOC said there are about 12 terrorists holed up in three places -- about two-three persons at Nariman House, five to six at the Taj hotel and the rest at Oberoi-Trident hotel.
Elite commandoes of the topline security forces from army, navy, NSG and Rapid Action Force got involved in the raging encounter with unspecified number of heavily-armed terrorists in Oberoi-Trident hotel. Throughout the day, grenade explosions set various floors.
Two hotel staff and one security guard were confirmed dead.
Army was rushed in five columns from adjoining areas to beef up its strength, ahead of a final effort to rid Oberoi-Trident in from the grip of extremely trained terrorists. About 200 people have been trapped and terrorists exploded grenades that set the roof ablaze amid exchange of gunfire.
Two units of MARCOS withdrawn from the Taj and Oberoi-Trident hotels after the National Security Guard (NSG) arrived in Mumbai. They were re-deployed to participate in the final assault following after NSG's request.
Two marine commandos and 14 Army troops were injured in the operation at both Taj and Oberoi Oberoi-Trident hotels.
NSG commandos launched an operation to flush out terrorists and soon fire was seen emanating from the fourth floor of Oberoi-Trident hotel. The fire engulfed several rooms and reportedly broke out in the hotel.
Security agencies captured an LeT activist Abu Ismail alive. They find out that he hails from Faridkot in Pakistan.
On November 28, during midnight, Director General of National Security Guard (NSG) J K 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. Dutt said we do not have any report of any terrorist being holed up in Trident.
A minor explosion took place at the Trident hotel where about 100 people were believed to be trapped inside. The security forces began evacuating Trident hotel.
On November 27, at around 9:35 pm, Oberoi-Trident hotel came under attack when terrorists stormed the hotel.
Till mid night, unknown number of people still trapped inside the hotel. Sources initially confirmed gunmen inside but were not sure about the numbers. The operation to flush out terrorists continued till November 28 morning.
The GOC said there are about 12 terrorists holed up in three places -- about two-three persons at Nariman House, five to six at the Taj hotel and the rest at Oberoi-Trident hotel.
Elite commandoes of the topline security forces from army, navy, NSG and Rapid Action Force got involved in the raging encounter with unspecified number of heavily-armed terrorists in Oberoi-Trident hotel. Throughout the day, grenade explosions set various floors.
Two hotel staff and one security guard were confirmed dead.
Army was rushed in five columns from adjoining areas to beef up its strength, ahead of a final effort to rid Oberoi-Trident in from the grip of extremely trained terrorists. About 200 people have been trapped and terrorists exploded grenades that set the roof ablaze amid exchange of gunfire.
Two units of MARCOS withdrawn from the Taj and Oberoi-Trident hotels after the National Security Guard (NSG) arrived in Mumbai. They were re-deployed to participate in the final assault following after NSG's request.
Two marine commandos and 14 Army troops were injured in the operation at both Taj and Oberoi Oberoi-Trident hotels.
NSG commandos launched an operation to flush out terrorists and soon fire was seen emanating from the fourth floor of Oberoi-Trident hotel. The fire engulfed several rooms and reportedly broke out in the hotel.
Security agencies captured an LeT activist Abu Ismail alive. They find out that he hails from Faridkot in Pakistan.
On November 28, during midnight, Director General of National Security Guard (NSG) J K 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. Dutt said we do not have any report of any terrorist being holed up in Trident.
A minor explosion took place at the Trident hotel where about 100 people were believed to be trapped inside. The security forces began evacuating Trident hotel.
Attack on Nariman House: Event sequence
Two-three terrorists are still holed up inside the Nariman House building which is under their siege. Following is an account of how and what happened there:
At 9:20 pm on Wednesday, two men came on a scooter at Nariman house, near the Bootleggers Pub in Colaba and hurled grenade at a nearby petrol pump.
The grenade missed the petrol reservoir but destroyed the facade of station.After hurling the grenade, the terrorists ran into Nariman House building behind petrol pump, which is a Jewish residential building. The terrorists murdered two people there.
A few terrorists then remained holed up silently for hours. They surfaced again in the morning and hold people hostage and the hostage drama still continues.
At 9:24 pm, another attack occurred at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus where two gunmen stormed in the station. They hurled hand grenades and fired at the people there.Many were injured after the firing. The terrorists ran out in a short while.
On Thursday, militants started firing again and held the people residing there as hostages. Army commandos retaliated. Encounter went on for the entire day, no one could be rescued.
Seven hostages rescued at night. Lull after 3 am
On Friday, gunshots heard early in morning, exchange took place for about 5 minutes.
Helicopters circling Nariman House areas, doing surveillance.
Sporadic gunfire being heard.
People living around the place asked not to come outside. Area evacuated.
Commandos airdropped on Nariman House for final operation.
At around 6.15 pm, commandos emerge out of the building, waving a thumbs up. However, after few minutes, the authorities clarify that the operation is still not over and NSG is yet to capture one floor.
NSG says at around 7.45 pm that no one is found alive in Nariman House. Five hostages, including Jewish Rabbi and his wife, and two terrorists found dead.
Taj Hotel in Mumbai November 27, 2008
Smoke and fire billows out of the Taj Hotel in Mumbai November 27, 2008. Prashant Mangeshikar could be dead, one of more than a hundred victims of militant attacks across Mumbai landmarks, if it had not been for an employee at the Taj Mahal Hotel. REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw
Mumbai attacks-- In pictures
A previously unknown group calling itself the Deccan Mujahideen has claimed responsibility, but correspondents say this could be a hoax or an assumed name for another group.
On Thursday, police placed snipers on the rooftops of surrounding buildings and there were reports of continuing exchanges of fire.
As the commandos combed through the hotels, people on the street looked on.
Meanwhile, relatives of victims of the attacks grieved as they waited to pick up bodies from a hospital.
In pictures: Mumbai attacks
Security forces managed to free some people from the hotels, but the stand-off continued throughout the day.
A previously unknown group calling itself the Deccan Mujahideen has claimed responsibility, but correspondents say this could be a hoax or an assumed name for another group.
Mumbai's main railway station was also hit. People fled the huge terminus leaving their luggage when gunmen opened fire. Ten people were killed.
Some people trapped in the hotels were forced to climb down using curtains or jump to safety.
Some people trapped in the hotels were forced to climb down using curtains or jump to safety.
In pictures: Mumbai attacks
Security forces declared the siege at the Taj Mahal Palace over, although the sound of explosions was still being reported.
The attacks were condemned by governments around the world, including the US and UK, whose citizens were among those apparently targeted by the gunmen.
Gunmen have launched co-ordinated attacks at several sites in the Indian city of Mumbai, killing scores of people. Warning: Some of the following images contain graphic content.
As the injured were taken to hospital following the attacks, an explosion was heard inside the second hotel, the Oberoi-Trident.
Among the targets were two of the city's luxury hotels, taken over by gunmen who entered shooting indiscriminately, witnesses said. At the Taj Mahal Palace, fire engulfed part of the top floor.
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