Mumbai Massacre Update, Part 3: The Hostage Crisis Is Still Continuing (The Read International for 11/28/08)
Photo from AFP The horror is still going on , 36 hours after it had commenced: Commandos involved in the operation have described the terrorists as "showing no remorse, firing at anyone who moves". With his face disguised by a scarf and sunglasses, one commando said he had seen around 50 dead bodies in the building and explosives capable of causing "major damage". The wave of terror attacks began more than 36 hours earlier after small groups of militants, armed with automatic weapons and grenades, entered the city by boat and fanned out. They burst into two hotels, a hospital and a railway station as well as a cafe popular with foreign tourists, firing indiscriminately and throwing grenades. Hundreds of people were held captive at the Taj Mahal Palace and Trident-Oberoi hotels, many locking themselves in their rooms or trying to hide as the gunmen roamed the buildings. The firing has intensified at the Taj Mahal Police, as reports still indicated that there are stil...