Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Stunned Mumbai


A fire breaks out of the dome of the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai. Nearly 80 people have been killed in a series of coordinated attacks across India's commercial capital Mumbai, as gunmen armed with assault rifles and grenades hit two luxury hotels and took foreign guests hostage.

An armed personnel stands near the Trident Hotel in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008. Teams of heavily armed gunmen stormed luxury hotels, a popular restaurant, hospitals and a crowded train station in coordinated attacks across India's financial capital Wednesday night, killing at least 78 people and taking Westerners hostage, police said

Smoke and flame billow from the Taj Hotel in Mumbai November 27, 2008. Gunmen killed at least 80 people in a series of attacks in India's commercial hub Mumbai and troops began moving into two luxury hotels on Thursday where foreign hostages were being held, local television said.


Fire brigade personel at the fire-engulfed Taj Mahal hotel, site of one of the shootouts with terrorists during a in Mumbai on late November 26. The United States and Britain have led global condemnation of the attacks in India's financial capital, amid reports that Westerners were targeted in violence that killed nearly 80 people.


Fire brigade personel at the fire-engulfed Taj Mahal hotel, site of one of the shootouts with terrorists during a in Mumbai on late November 26. The United States and Britain have led global condemnation of the attacks in India's financial capital, amid reports that Westerners were targeted in violence that killed nearly 80 people.


Unidentified guests of the Taj Hotel are seen outside hotel in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008. Teams of heavily armed gunmen have stormed luxury hotels, a popular restaurant, hospitals and a crowded train station in coordinated attacks across India's financial capital Wednesday night, killing at least 82 people and taking Westerners hostage, police said.

Fire brigade personel at the fire-engulfed Taj Mahal hotel, site of one of the shootouts with terrorists during a in Mumbai on late November 26. The United States and Britain have led global condemnation of the attacks in India's financial capital, amid reports that Westerners were targeted in violence that killed nearly 80 people.

Pigeons fly as firemen fight a blaze at the Taj Hotel in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008. Teams of heavily armed gunmen stormed luxury hotels, a popular restaurant, hospitals and a crowded train station in coordinated attacks across India's financial capital Wednesday night, killing at least 82 people and taking Westerners hostage, police said.


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